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