American Indian Medicine, - Hardcover

Vogel, Virgil J.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0806108630 ISBN 13: 9780806108636

Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr, 1973

Synopsis

Studies the medicinal practices of American Indians, noting their use of plants and special techniques for treating illness and injuries

About this title

About the Author:

Virgil J. Vogel, who received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, is professor emeritus in the Social Science Department, Truman College, City Colleges of Chicago. He has written extensively on American Indian healing arts and their influence on the medicine, healing; and pharmacology of the white civilization.

Review:

“American Indian Medicine is much more than its title indicates. For in presenting the medical practices of the New World, Vogel gives a fine picture of the historical relationship between the native Americans and the newcomers from the Old World.”—American West

“Most other works have tended to emphasize the shamanistic, magical, or ritualistic practices that Indians used in the curing arts, but in this volume the ‘practical’ and (mostly) pharmacological bases of treatment and cure are studied. . . . A very satisfying book.”—Library Journal

“[This] is a well and interestingly written essay on the medical aspects of Indian history, folklore, pharmacology, and botany. Emphasis is correctly placed on those things which have been carried over from the Indian’s medical practice to that of the white man. . . . [It] should interest all physicians, anthropologists, botanists, ecologists, and historians. The literate layman will enjoy it. Those who like things that improve the Indian’s status will love it.”—Journal of the American Medical Association

About this edition

• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 0806108630
• ISBN 13: 9780806108636
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1