Dr. Paul M. Brenan
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- Feb 17, 1877The Science of Life Comes to the Coal MinesWhen a traveling medical lecturer visited the coal town of Newcastle in 1877, the entire community turned out to witness a performance that mixed professional medical advice with public heckling of the town's elite.Newcastle, WA
- Mar 7, 1877The Miracle Cure at the Yesler SawmillIn 1877 Seattle, a local laborer offers a glowing, desperate endorsement for a traveling 'nerve doctor' promising to cure the ills of the industrial grind.Seattle, WA
- Mar 21, 1877The Miracle Tonic of Seattle's Mill WorkersIn an era of snake-oil medicine, a sawmill worker swears by a mysterious 'physician' to cure his industrial fatigue.Seattle, WA