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