American Indian contributions to the world. [World Wide Web] Medicine and health /Emory Dean Keoke, Kay Marie Porterfield.
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BookPublisher: New York Facts on File c2005Edition: 1st ed. Hardcover.Description: xi, 148 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0816053960.Subject(s): MYP - Science | Middle Years Programme | Native Americans -- History | Native Americans -- North America | Medical science | Native American medicine -- North America | Native Americans -- North America -- Health and hygiene | Traditional medicine -- North America | Medical botanyOnline resources: Table of contents
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Summary: 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.
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.
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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.
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