The Cherokee physician, or, Indian guide to health
By: as given by Richard Foreman ... ; to which is added a short dispensatory by Jas. W. Mahoney
Contributors: Mahoney, Jas. W. (James W.); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Indians of North America; Medicine; Cherokee Indians; Popular Medicine; Herbs; Therapeutic use; Medical Botany; Preventive Medicine
Other titles: Cherokee physician; Indian guide to health; The North Carolina experience, beginnings to 1940.
Notes: Title from electronic title page (viewed March 25, 2002)

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."

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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.

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