Medicine (Other Keyword)

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The Swimmer manuscript: Cherokee sacred formulas and medicinal prescriptions (1932)
DOCUMENT Citation Only James Mooney. Frans M. Olbrechts. Katherine Golden Bitting Collection on Gastronomy (Library of Congress).

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Test Excavation of Medicine Rock Shelter, Chacauco Creek Canyon (1963)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Robert G. Campbell.

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Unruly Bodies, Holistic Healing: Balancing the Understanding of the Health and Well-being of the Enslaved at James Madison’s Montpelier (2021)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Taylor W Brown.

This is an abstract from the session entitled "Race, Racism, and Montpelier" , at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology. Medicine is rarely neutral or objective. This was especially true in the 19th century, as physicians worked to encode slavery in the very biology of Black enslaved people. The accounting logs of President Madison’s physician paint a one-sided picture of the health of the enslaved community at Montpelier. These logs argue that their bodies were...

Vietnam War: Medical Research, Treatment, and Training on U.S. Military Installations Vietnam Historic Context Subtheme (Legacy 18-518)
PROJECT Jayne Aaron.

This project identifies resource types associated with medical research, training, and treatment during the Vietnam War and provides a context to evaluate these resources’ historical significance.

Vietnam War: Medical Research, Treatment, and Training on U.S. Military Installations Vietnam Historic Context Subtheme - Brochure (Legacy 18-518) (2020)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jayne Aaron.

This brochure resulted from a project that identifies resource types associated with medical research, training, and treatment during the Vietnam War and provides a context to evaluate these resources’ historical significance.

Vietnam War: Medical Research, Treatment, and Training on U.S. Military Installations Vietnam Historic Context Subtheme - Report (Legacy 18-518) (2020)
DOCUMENT Full-Text Jayne Aaron.

This report identifies resource types associated with medical research, training, and treatment during the Vietnam War and provides a context to evaluate these resources’ historical significance.

"A WEAK MAN can now cure himself…" Exploring Sandpoint, Idaho Brothels as Alternative Venues for Treatment of "Private Diseases of Men" – and other afflictions. (2016)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Mark Warner.

Archaeological excavations of two brothels in the north Idaho town of Sandpoint resulted in the recovery of approximately 100,000 artifacts.  The artifacts told rich stories of daily life in brothels yet the materials also provided an opportunity some of the ancillary aspects of the relationship between prostitutes and the men who visit them. Specifically, this work addresses the role of prostitutes in the treatment of some "private diseases," arguing that in addition to being a locale for sex,...