Medicine That Walks Disease, Medicine, and Canadian Plains Native People, 1880-1940 |
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| Author:
| Lux, Maureen |
| Series title: | Heritage Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8020-8295-4 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2001 |
| Publisher: | University of Toronto Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $79.99 |
Book Description:
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Challenging the view that Aboriginal medicine was helpless to deal with European disease, Lux argues that the diseases killing the Plains people were not contagious epidemics but grinding poverty, malnutrition, and overcrowding.
Challenging the view that Aboriginal medicine was helpless to deal with European disease, Lux argues that the diseases killing the Plains people were not contagious epidemics but grinding poverty, malnutrition, and overcrowding.