N. Lee Smith

Letters to the Editor

Herbal Remedies: God’s Medicine?

A recent listener-response radio program in Salt Lake City discussed the death of a young father from bleeding ulcers. Believing it wrong to seek medical help, he had sought a cure from an herbal practitioner.…

Rx With a Historical Slant | Robert T. Divett, Medicine and the Mormons: An Introduction to the History of Latter-day Saint Health Care

It is easy for me to be enthusiastic about this relatively short, readable volume, which in many ways breaks new ground in Mormon historiography. It is a book for all fascinated with Mormon health attitudes…