American Indian contributions to the world. Medicine and health /Emory Dean Keoke, Kay Marie Porterfield. [World Wide Web] - 1st ed. Hardcover - New York Facts on File c2005 - xi, 148 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-136) and index.

Health and nutrition -- Personal hygiene -- Disease and disease prevention -- Plant medicines of North America -- Plant medicines of Mesoamerica -- Plant medicines of South America and the Circum-Caribbean -- Surgery and wound treatment -- Other medical treatments -- Dentistry -- Medicine for mind and body.

School Library Journal, June 2005 Library Media Connection starred, November 2005

Presents volume three of a five volume set that describes the contributions made by native North, Central, and South American peoples in the area of medicine and health, and contains photographs, maps, and illustrations depicting anesthetics and herbal treatments, use of hot springs and sweat lodges, types of surgery performed, and more.

6.9 5-8$b Follett Library Resources

0816053960

2004004291


MYP - Science
Middle Years Programme
Native Americans--History
Native Americans--North America
Medical science


Native American medicine--North America
Native Americans--Health and hygiene--North America
Traditional medicine--North America
Medical botany

E98.M4 / .K46 2005

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