Primitive Medicine

Description: 

Overview, concluding with opinion that regardless of the cause of the symptoms, the sympathy, understanding and counsel of the medicine man and the reassurance and support derived from his healing ceremony make his patients feel better and may actually cure many of them. Photos.

Protocol: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Public Access
Community: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center
Category: 
Traditional Treatment, Tribal Actions
Original Date: 
1948
Creator: 
Behan, Rj
Language: 
English
Rights: 
Records indicate that the UNM Health Sciences Library owns a copy of this item, but there may be a need to clear rights with a copyright holder prior to sharing with the public.
Source: 
Am J Surg; Ferguson, EA. Primitive medicine. Sci Am 1948 Sept;179(2):25-27.
Identifier: 
9901785
Subject: 
Ceremonial, Shamanism, Traditional Medicine
Type: 
Monograph