Does Pulmonary Consumption Tend to Exterminate the American Indian

file type icon 9900221
Description: 

This is part of the continuing correspondence and debate between this author and Dr. Washington Matthews and contains death rates from tuberculosis among Indians in 13 different states and territories. The lowest rate is among the New York Indians; higher rates are found among the Umatilla and Green Bay Indians.

People: 
American Indian, Mexican Indian, Navajo, Pueblo, Pueblo of Zuni
Location Description: 

Arizona AZ; California CA; Colorado CO; Idaho ID; Michigan MI; Montana MT; Nebraska NE; Nevada NV; North Dakota ND; Oregon OR; South Dakota SD; Virginia VA; Washington WA

Protocol: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center Public Access
Community: 
UNM Health Sciences Library and Informatics Center
Category: 
Death, Diseases
Original Date: 
1887
Creator: 
Mays, T.J.
Language: 
English
Rights: 
This item is in the Public Domain
Source: 
Am J Obs; Mays, TJ. Does pulmonary consumption tend to exterminate the American Indian? The New York Medical Journal 1887;45:508-10.
Identifier: 
9900221
Subject: 
Mortality, Statistics, Tuberculosis
Type: 
Monograph