Ethnic Medicine in the Southwest

by Edward Holland Spicer

Book Overview

"Ethnic Medicine in the Southwest" explores traditions guiding the medical arts of Yaqui, Anglo, Black and Mexican American communities and points out the relationship between alternative and scientific medicine. Beliefs prevail that illness may be punishment for sin, or caused by witchcraft or overwork. Treatment may include dreams, herbs, massage, or prayer. While practitioners in these communities are not necessarily licensed in the legal sense,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816504903
• ISBN13: 9780816504909
• Release Date: November 1977
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.

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Medicine & Ethnic Superstition in the Southwest

From the cover: This book explores traditions guiding the medical arts of Yaqui, Anglo, Black and Mexican American Communities and points out the relationship between alternative and scientific medicine. Beliefs prevail that illness may be punishment for sin, or caused by witchcraft or overwork. Treatment may include dreams, herbs, massage, or prayer.