American Indian medicine

No other work has ever assumed the scope of this study of the botanical ingredients of Amerind medicine in what has been called rational therapy.

  • OCLC #: 61944
  • ISBN #:
    • 0806108630
    • 9780806108636
    • 0806122935
    • 9780806122939
  • Call #: R152.V879a 1970
  • Physical Location: Special Collections — Books Storage — E98 .M4 V6
  • Personal Collection:
    • The James W. Wengert, M.D. Military Medical Collection.
  • Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [1970]
  • Edition:
    • [1st ed.].
  • Series Statement:
    • The Civilization of the American Indian series ;
  • Physical Description: xx, 583 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  • General Notes:
    • Expanded version of the author's thesis, University of Chicago.
  • Contents:
    • What the red men gave us
    • Indian theories of disease, and shamanistic practices
    • Early observations of white men on Indian medicine
    • Services of Indian doctors to whites
    • The influence of Indian medicine on folk medicine, irregular practitioners and patent medicines
    • Indian health and disease
    • American Indian therapeutic methods
    • Conclusions
    • Appendix: American Indian contributions to pharmacology.
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