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Sawbones: Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Sawbones: A Marital Tour of Misguided Medicine

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The Tick in My Pubic Hair

The state of Montana was suffering the most from Rocky Mountain spotted fever. By 1901, they had set up a board of health specifically to address this problem. They already had this idea that maybe ticks were responsible because there was one documented case where a doctor found a tick in his pubic hair.

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