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Fighting invisible enemies : health and medical transitions among Southern California Indians
Title
Fighting invisible enemies : health and medical transitions among Southern California Indians / Clifford E. Trafzer.
ISBN
9780806162867
0806162864
Publication
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2019]
Copyright Notice Date
©2019
Physical Description
xix, 377 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Summary
"Traces the transition as Western medicine was gradually incorporated into Indian medical practices among inhabitants of the Mission Indian Agency of Southern California from the late nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 29, 2019
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction
1. Spiritual healing, staying sickness, and shamanism
2. Invisible enemies of the early twentieth century
3. Investigating invisible enemies and health care
4. Indians and the Indian Medical Service
5. Indians, nurses, and advancing health care
6. Coughing blood and fighting tuberculosis
7. Killing an invisible enemy
8. Transitions
9. Retrospect.
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