American Indian Medicine (Civilization of the American Indian Series Vol. 95)

Norman, OK: Univeristy of Oklahoma Press, 1970. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - Near Fine/VeryGood. 6.25"x9.25" 583 indexed pages. 2nd printing stated. Burgundy cloth boards. Metallic blue emblem on spine w/matching stamp and gold foil letters on spine. Jacket art is from a photo of Cyrus Dallin's sculpture "The Medicine Man". Bibliography, & Index of Botanical Names. Many B&W photos and drawings. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unclipped. PON stamped inside front board. Small tears to DJ edges repaired w/archival tape. SECURE SHIP IN BOX W/TRACKING # A must have for the Indian collector or herbologist. 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. It discusses 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 Kolle... Source: Publisher.