Disease Among Indians Demands Attention

Description: 

In a letter, an unknown writer lists ophthalmia and syphilis as two of the major ailments affecting California Indians. He warns against a potential outbreak of syphilis, and states, "I have succeeded in foreclosing traders, and almost entirely abolishing spirituous liquors and wines from the reservation."

Protocol: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Public Access
Community: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center
Category: 
Diseases, Government, Traditional Drugs, Western Drugs
Original Date: 
1851
Creator: 
Office Of Indian Affairs.
Language: 
English
Rights: 
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Source: 
Annual Report Of The Commissioner Of Indian Affairs To The Secretary Of The Interior.; Office of Indian Affairs. Disease among Indians demands attention. Annl Rep, Comm Ind Affairs to Sec of Interior; 1851.
Identifier: 
9900058
Subject: 
Alcohol, Eye Disease, Government, Smallpox, Syphilis
Type: 
Monograph