Record #:

8840

Author(s):

Kennicutt, Wally

Abstract:

Cherokee legend says animals created human disease when they grew tired of men hunting them. The medicine man observed the effects of plants on animals when diagnosing treatment for sick tribesmen. In 1971, the Food and Drug Administration concluded a study on 2,000 Cherokee medicines and found 39% to be effective.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 48 Issue 8, Jan 1981, p20-21, il

Subject(s):

Cherokee Indians--North Carolina--Medicine; Indians of North America--Medicine

Record #:

12948

Author(s):

Well, Warner

Abstract:

Utilizing empiricism as well as methods passed down from previous generations of Native American \"doctors,\" used a variety of techniques to cure illnesses. Sweathouses (bagnios), flagellation with rattlesnake teeth, moxabustion, inunctions with bear grease, deer tendons as sutures, use of ground up shells, and ingesting local plant life, are a few methods.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 25 Issue 21, Mar 1958, p11-12, 20, il

Subject(s):

Medicine--History; Indians of North America--Medicine; Medicine--Magic, mystic, and spagiric