Indian Shamans

VIGNETTES IN CALIFORNIA MEDICINE. San Francisco: Book Club of California, 1976.
Portfolio, 10 parts:  1. A Pioneer Hospital in San Francisco / Albert Shumate -- 2. Medical Topography of the Sacramento Valley / Richard Dillon -- 3. Northern California Indian Shamans / Michael Harrison -- 4. Hugh Huger Toland: California Doctor & Pioneer Medical Educator / David F. Myrick -- 5. Report of the Committee on Medical Education Made to the Medical Society of the State of California by Joseph F. Montgomery, M.D. of Sacramento / Andrew T. Nadell -- 6. Herbs, Herb Doctors / Thomas W. Chinn -- 7. The Bad and the Good / Henry Miller Madden -- 8. The Beginnings of Dental Education in San Francisco / Andrew T. Nadell -- 9. Brucella and the Hooper Foundation / Reinhard S. Speck -- 10. Bubonic Plague in San Francisco / Reinhard S. Speck
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Balls, Edward K. EARLY USES OF CALIFORNIA PLANTS. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1962.
Discusses the early uses of California native plants by California Indians and early white settlers.
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SPE 581.63 B193 1962 CAL

Barrett, S.A. POMO BEAR DOCTORS. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1917.
Discusses Pomo Indian Shamans; volume 12, number 11 in the University of California publications in American archaeology and ethnology.
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SPE 970.3 P787zb2 1917 CAL

Chestnut, V. K. PLANTS USED BY THE INDIANS OF MENDOCINO COUNTY, CALIFORNIA. Fort Bragg, CA: Mendocino County Historical Society, 1974.
First published in 1902, by the United States Department of Agriculture Division of Botany, this edition has been a much sought after text and reference by those interested in native plants and the uses of these plants by the Indians.  Knowledge of the use and preparation of numerous roots, stems, leaves, and seeds for food and medicine.
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SPE 581.9794 C525 1974 CAL

Harris, Henry. CALIFORNIA'S MEDICAL STORY. Springfield, Ill: Charles C. Thomas, 1932.
Describes medical practices in California from the time of the California Indian to the early twentieth century.  Includes biographies of notable physicians and discussions of California hospitals, medical societies, medical schools, and medical practice law.
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Nunis, Doyce. MEDICINE IN HISPANIC CALIFORNIA. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Mission Archive Library, 1995.
Description of treatments for diseases and medical conditions which was provided by physicians and others during early Spanish seafaring and overland expeditions to California. Also discusses diseases transmitted by Spaniards to the native people of California and the introduction of smallpox inoculation. The role played by the mission fathers in providing medical treatment along th El Camino Real. The role of the Indian healers. Description of indigenous diseases and chronic medical conditions of California Indians. Tradition of herbal medicine and specific treatments by California Indian healers.
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Van Allen Murphy, Edith. INDIAN USES OF NATIVE PLANTS. Fort Bragg, CA: Mendocino County Historical Society, 1959.
Discusses the medicinal, ceremonial and subsistence uses of native plants by western Indian tribes.  Medicinal plants are listed by the ailment for which they were used.
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SPE 581.63 M978 1969 CAL

Westrich, LoLo. CALIFORNIA HERBAL REMEDIES. Houston, Texas: Gulf Publishing Company, 1989.
The history and uses of native medicinal plants including how to find and grow them, hundreds of old-time remedies, and Indian legends and lore. Discussion of the ills of California Indians and early settlers.
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