The Short Life of John Gorrie

Yellow fever and malaria tore about the south for over a century. Fifty years before anyone had a treatment for either of these diseases, one Florida man invented a machine that could've saved millions... if only anyone had listened.

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Songs

Bad Old Daemons by Lobo Loco

Desert Ghost Town by Lobo Loco

Traveling Horse by Lobo Loco