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7 entries match Traditional & Indigenous [G02.403.700] · Public Health [N02.500] · Race, Ethnicity & Colonial Medicine [K01.900.850]
1822 CE
#10751
A narrative of the life and medical discoveries of Samuel Thomson: Containing an account of his system of practice, and the manner of curing disease with vegetable medicine, upon a plan entirely new; to which is added an introduction to his New Guide to Health, or Botanic Family Physician containing the principles upon which the system is founded, with remarks on fevers, steaming, poison &c.
Thomson issued this introductory work shortly before publication of his New Guide. Three issues appeared in 1822: one with 180 pages, another with 182 pages including testimonials, and a 204 page issue with the introd…
1990 CE
#7513
Aztec medicine, health, and nutrition.
1983 CE
#10217
Disease change and the role of medicine: The Navajo experience.
2001 CE
#10193
Medicine that Walks: Disease, medicine, and Canadian Plains native people, 1880-1940.
"... Lux takes issue with the 'biological invasion' theory of the impact of disease on Plains Aboriginal people. She challenges the view that Aboriginal medicine was helpless to deal with the diseases brought by Europ…
1822 CE
#6988
New guide to health; or botanic family physician, containing a complete system of practice, upon a plan entirely new; with a description of the vegetables made use of, and directions for preparing and adminstering them to cure disease. To which is prefixed a narrative of the life and medical discoveries of the author.
The "Bible" of Thomsonism or "Thomsonian medicine", which employed botanical remedies, often based on native American medicines. Digital facsimile from the Medical Heritage Library, Internet Archive, at this link.
2012 CE
#7891
Plague, fear, and politics in San Francisco's Chinatown.
2021 CE
#13271