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The Cherokee physician, or, Indian guide to health [electronic resource] / as given by Richard Foreman ... ; to which is added a short dispensatory by Jas. W. Mahoney.

Cherokee physician (portion title)
Indian guide to health (portion title)

Electronic resources

Record details

  • Edition: Electronic edition
  • Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2001.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Comprising a brief view of anatomy, with general rules for preserving health without the use of medicines. The diseases of the U. States, with their symptoms, causes, and means of prevention, are treated on in a satisfactory manner. It also contains a description of a variety of herbs and roots, many of which are not explained in any other book, and their medical virtues have hitherto been unknown to the whites."
Text transcribed by Apex Data Services, Inc. Images scanned by Melissa K. Graham. Text encoded by Apex Data Services, Inc., Bryan Sinche, and Jill Kuhn Sexton.
This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South. It is a part of the collection The North Carolina experience, beginnings to 1940.
Title from electronic title page (viewed Mar. 25, 2002).
Type of Computer File or Data Note:
Text (HTML and SGML) and images (JPEG).
Original Version Note:
Transcribed from: The Cherokee physician, or, Indian guide to health / as given by Richard Foreman, a Cherokee doctor ... ; to which is added a short dispensatory by Jas. W. Mahoney. Asheville, N.C. : Edney & Dedman, 1849. 308, 5 p. ; 20 cm. Includes index.
Funding Information Note:
Funding from the Institute for Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this title.
System Details Note:
System requirements: PC with modem or direct Internet connection; SGML viewer required for SGML files.
Subject:
Botany, Medical > North Carolina.
Cherokee Indians > Medicine.
Herbs > Therapeutic use.
Indians of North America > Medicine.
Medicine, Popular.
Medicine, Preventive.