Disease Among The Aborigines Of America And Their Knowledge Of Treatment

Description:

Early natives practiced a variety of treatments for ailments and afflictions, may of which were acquired, according to the Jesuits, as a result of unsanitary conditions in their houses. A cure for scurvy was made from the branches of a tree called the "ameda." In 1535, some of French explorer Cartier's sailors were cured of scurvy by drinking a tea made from this tree's properties. Peruvian Indians practiced antemortem trephining, as seen from excavated skulls.

People:

American Indian, South American Indian

Protocol:

UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Public Access

Community:

UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center

Category:

Diseases, Miscellaneous, Surgery, Traditional Treatment, Tribal Actions

Original Date:

1922

Creator:

Brown, W.C.

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:

Appleton; Brown, WC. Disease among the aborigines of America and their knowledge of treatment. Canad J Med Surg 1922;51:155-58.

Identifier:

9900723

Subject:

Communicable Diseases, Dysentery, Eye Disease, North America, Sanitation, Scurvy, South America, Traditional Medicine, Trephining, Tuberculosis

Type:

Monograph