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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780816053964
Publisher:	Facts on File, Incorporated
Publication date:	01/28/2005
Series:	American Indian Contributions to the World Series
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.40(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	10 - 13 Years

Table of Contents

	Authors' Note	viii
	Introduction	x
1	Health and Nutrition	1
2	Personal Hygiene	15
3	Disease and Disease Prevention	26
4	Plant Medicines of North America	40
5	Plant Medicines of Mesoamerica	50
6	Plant Medicines of South America and the Circum-Caribbean	61
7	Surgery and Wound Treatment	70
8	Other Medical Treatments	79
9	Dentistry	89
10	Medicine for the Mind and Body	97
	Glossary of Ancient Cultures of the Americas	109
	Tribes Organized by Culture Area	114
Appendix	Maps	121
	Further Reading	135
	Index	137

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