Author: Virginia Company of LondonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 668
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The Records of the Virginia Company of London
Author: Virginia Company of LondonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 668
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Abstract of the proceedings of the Virginia Company of London, 1619- 1624
Author: Virginia Company of LondonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 300
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Abstract of the Proceedings of the Virginia Company of London, 1619-1624
Author: Conway RobinsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Genealogy
Languages : en
Pages :
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Abstract of the Proceedings of the Virginia Company of London, 1619-1624
Author: Virginia Company of LondonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 282
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Bulletin of the Virginia State Library
Author: A Bibliography of Virginia
Author: Earl Gregg SwemPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 750
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The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography
Author: Philip Alexander BrucePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Virginia
Languages : en
Pages : 628
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American Indian Medicine
Author: Virgil J. VogelPublisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806170239
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 669
Book Description
The purpose of this book, says the author, is to show the effect of Indian medicinal practices on white civilization. Actually it achieves far more. Itdiscusses Indian theories of disease and methods of combating disease and even goes into the question of which diseases were indigenous and which were brought to the Indian by the white man. It also lists Indian drugs that have won acceptance in the Pharmacopeia of the United States and the National Formulary. The influence of American Indian healing arts on the medicine and healing and pharmacology of the white man was considerable. For example, such drugs as insulin and penicillin were anticipated in rudimentary form by the aborigines. Coca leaves were used as narcotics by Peruvian Indians hundreds of years before Carl Koller first used cocaine as a local anesthetic in 1884. All together, about 170 medicines, mostly botanical, were contributed to the official compendia by Indians north of the Rio Grande, about 50 more coming from natives of the Latin-American and Caribbean regions. Impressions and attitudes of early explorers, settlers, physicians, botanists, and others regarding Indian curative practices are reported by geographical regions, with British, French, and Spanish colonies and the young United States separately treated. Indian theories of disease—sorcery, taboo violation, spirit intrusion, soul loss, unfulfilled dreams and desires, and so on -and shamanistic practices used to combat them are described. Methods of treating all kinds of injuries-from fractures to snakebite-and even surgery are included. The influence of Indian healing lore upon folk or domestic medicine, as well as on the "Indian doctors" and patent medicines, are discussed. For the convenience of the reader, an index of botanical names is provided, together with a wide variety of illustrations. The disproportionate attention that has been given to the superstitious and unscientific features of aboriginal medicine has tended to obscure its real contributions to American civilization.
Women's Life and Work in the Southern Colonies
Author: Julia Cherry SpruillPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393317589
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
A seminal work exploring the daily life and status of southern women in colonial America, describes the domestic occupation, social life, education, and role in government of women of varied classes.
Organization of the Virginia Historical Society
Author: Virginia Historical SocietyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 118
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