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American Indian medicine

Vogel, Virgil J. (Author).

Summary: 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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0806108630
  • ISBN: 9780806108636
  • ISBN: 0806122935 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780806122939 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 806108630
  • Physical Description: print
    xx, 583 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
  • Edition: [1st ed.].
  • Publisher: Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [1970]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Expanded version of the author's thesis, University of Chicago.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-517).
Formatted Contents Note: 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.
Subject: Indians of North America Medicine
History of Medicine Americas
Indians, North American Americas
Indians, South American Americas
Medicine, Traditional Americas
Folk medicine
North America

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Lummi Library E 98 .M4 V64 1970 284425 Stacks Reshelving -

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