{"id":3880,"date":"2008-05-01T23:20:14","date_gmt":"2008-05-01T23:20:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogschapman.wpenginepowered.com\/huell-howser-archives\/2008\/01\/13\/gold-rush-medicine-californias-gold-10005\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T21:36:42","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T21:36:42","slug":"gold-rush-medicine-californias-gold-10005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.chapman.edu\/huell-howser-archives\/2008\/05\/01\/gold-rush-medicine-californias-gold-10005\/","title":{"rendered":"Gold Rush Medicine &#8211; California&#039;s Gold (10005)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It wasn\u2019t always pretty, and it didn\u2019t always work, but the \u201cdoctors\u201d of the Gold Rush did the best they could to take care of the throngs of immigrants who came to California in search of fame and fortune. Sacramento\u2019s Sutter\u2019s Fort is the backdrop of this adventure. Huell hears the story of how the Fort was chosen as the site of the first hospital in Sacramento that housed doctors, midwifes, Chinese herbalists certainly some charlatans with plenty of snake oil to sell. With the help of docents and some real doctors, it\u2019s sure to be an education.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em>Note: This episode was released across Public Broadcasting Service&#8217;s (PBS) affiliated stations in California, but not necessarily on the same day for each station. The date shown represents an earliest, approximate airdate for this episode. 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