Mountain Fever
"And as [the emigrants] got to thinner air they encountered a new malady, a prostrating seizure of nausea and violent headaches, frequently complicated by still another kind of dysentery. Bryant,…
The Big Blue
"It was at the Big Blue, about ten days out of St. Joe, that the emigrants felt the first flick of the Elephant's tail. Here was a chance to repair…
Diseases on the Trail
"The gamut of contagious diseases associated associated with childhood are indicated as causes of adult death on the Trail: whooping cough, measles or vareloid, mumps, and smallpox. Other serious conditions…
Disease and Death
"While the journey up the Platte River Road may have been a joy and tonic for some, far too often it was an ordeal in which, after running the gauntlet…