Contribution to an Account of the Diseases of the American Indians

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Description: 

Emphasizing mainly the Manitoulin Indians, many lists are included of the ailments affecting this tribe and others during the years 1840-1848. An unusual ailment named the "Ottawa disease," akin to syphilis, is described in detail.

People: 
American Indian, Ottawa
Protocol: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Public Access
Community: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center
Category: 
Death, Diseases, Physiology, Plants
Original Date: 
1894
Creator: 
Stratton,T
Contributor: 
Stefansson, V.
Language: 
English
Rights: 
This item is in the Public Domain
Source: 
Journal of American Folklore; Stratton, T. Contribution to an account of the diseases of the American Indians. Edinburgh Medical Clinical and Surgical Journal 1894;71:269-83.
Identifier: 
9900331
Subject: 
Body Temperature, Case Report, Communicable Diseases, Eye Disease, Medicinal Plants, Mortality, Smallpox, Statistics, Syphilis
Type: 
Monograph