On the Medicinal Agents of Indians

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Description: 

Without naming the tribes, this Charlestown, Mass. writer begins by complaining about the Indians' lifestyle, calling them "miserable hordes of degenerate beings, enfeebled but not benefited by society.." and lamenting that their treatments and remedies were never recorded. He then lists the Indians' plant medicines and their uses.

People: 
Chippewa, Penobscot
Location Description: 

California CA; Missouri MO

Protocol: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Public Access
Community: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center
Category: 
Diseases, Mental/Emotional, Physiology, Plants, Traditional Treatment, Tribal Actions
Original Date: 
1873
Creator: 
Stacey, B.F.
Language: 
English
Rights: 
This item is in the Public Domain
Source: 
Harper; Stacey, BF. On the medicinal agents of Indians. Proc Am Pharm Assoc 1873; 21:616-21.
Identifier: 
9900125
Subject: 
Dysentery, Eye Disease, Fever, Lymph Node, Medicinal Plants, Rheumatism, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Smallpox, Traditional Medicine, Tuberculosis
Type: 
Monograph