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41. Observations on the climate in different parts of America: compared with the climate in corresponding parts of the other continent : to which are added, remarks on the different complexions of the human race ; with some account of the aborigines of America : being an introductory discourse to the History of North-Carolina

Author(s):
Williamson, Hugh, 1735-1819
Publication:
New-York : Printed and sold by T. & J. Swords, no. 160 Pearl-Street, 1811
Subject(s):
Meteorological Concepts
Indians, North American
Military Facilities
North America
South America

42. The Cherokee physician, or, Indian guide to health: comprising a brief view of anatomy, with general rules for preserving health without the use of medicines : the diseases of the United States, with their symptoms, causes, and means of prevention are explained in simple terms : it also contains a description of a variety of herbs and roots, many of which are not explained in any other book, the medicinal virtues of which have hitherto been unknown to the whites

Author(s):
Foreman, Richard, active 1849-1857
Publication:
New York : Edney, 1857
Subject(s):
Phytotherapy
Indians, North American
United States

43. An oration, delivered February 4, 1774, before the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia: containing, an enquiry into the natural history of medicine among the Indians in North-America, and a comparitive view of their diseases and remedies, with those of civilized nations ; together with an appendix, containing, proofs and illustrations

Author(s):
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813
Publication:
Philadelphia : Printed by Joseph Crukshank in Market-Street, between Second and Third Streets, [1774]
Subject(s):
History of Medicine
Medicine, Traditional
Indians, North American
United States

44. Dr. R. Greene's indianopathy, or science of Indian medicine: founded upon the "laws of nature," the principles of which were obtained by Dr. Greene in his travels among the Indians, whereby he is enabled to successfully treat cancers, tumors, scrofula, ulcers, and all chronic diseases

Author(s):
Greene, R. (Reuben), 1817-
Publication:
Boston : Published by order of the Board of Managers, 1858
Subject(s):
Medicine, Traditional
Indians, North American
United States

47. An essay on the causes of the variety of complexion and figure in the human species: to which are added, animadversions on certain remarks made on the first edition of this essay, by Mr. Charles White, in a series of discourses delivered before the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester in England : also, strictures on Lord Kaims' discourse on the original diversity of mankind : and an appendix

Author(s):
Smith, Samuel Stanhope, 1750-1819
Publication:
New-Brunswick : Published by J. Simpson and Co. ; and Brannan and Morford, Philadelphia ; and E. Morford, Willington and Co., Charleston (S.C.), 1810
Subject(s):
Skin Pigmentation
Continental Population Groups
Anthropology, Physical
Indians, North American
Kames, Henry Home, Lord, 1696-1782.

48. The North American Indian doctor, or, Nature's method of curing and preventing disease according to the Indians: containing a catechism of anatomy and physiology of between five and six hundred questions, with their correct answers, selected from the best authors in the world, for new beginners or those who wish to study the science of anatomy : also, a treatise on midwifery, with the treatment necessary during pregnancy : also, a materia medica of Indian remedies or vegetable compounds in the form of recipes for more than two hundred and fifty diseases, with a description of such plants as are not common

Author(s):
Foster, Robert D.
Publication:
Canton, Ohio : Printed for the author by Smith and Bevin, 1838
Subject(s):
Medicine, Traditional
Anatomy
Indians, North American
Phytotherapy