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Show HRDLICKA] TUBERCULOSIS AMOiYG CERTAIN INDIAN TRIBES 43 WALKER, J. R. Tuberculosis among the Oglala Sioux Indians. Amer. Jour. Med. Sci., Phila. and N. Y., Oct., 1906, n. s., cxxxn, 60O- 605. Reports on ten years' observations on tuberculosis among the Oglala; gives but limited statistics. WILKES, CHAS. Narrative of the U. S. exploring expedition, 183&- 1842. Phila., 1845, iv. Page 512: Among the Sachet, Oreg., " pulmonary complaints are very common, and occasion great suffering. The diseases most often met with are bronchitis, and tubercular consumption.'' » WILLIAMSON, THOMAS. The diseases of the Dakota Indians. Northwestern Med. and Sur. Jour., St. Paul, Minn., 1874, iv, 410- 19. Refers to the Sioux of Minnesota about the Lac qui Parle between 1835 and 1846. The article contains observations on about 1,000 individuals. Page412: " Of those over ten years old who died of disease, I think fully half died of consumption." " I do not think it was much more prevalent among the Indians than among our white population; while from the fact that they were all tainted with scrofula, their mode of life, etc., it might be expected that it would be very much more so." 1 * The great proportion of phthisis was chiefly owing to so few dying of other diseases.'' Page 415: Scrofula certainly less prevalent among the Indians of the Plains subsisting on buffalo meat than among those under his observation; those of the Plains " generally appeared real healthy, with the exception of sore eyes." WINDER, WM. On Indian diseases and remedies. Brit.- Amer. Jour. Med. and Phys. Sci., Montreal, Jan., 1846, i, 255- 7. Includes a report by Dr. P. Darling; otherwise the article is without value. WOODRUFF, CHARLES E. Diseases of northern California Indians. Med. Rec., N. Y., Jan. 24, 1891, xxxix, 104- 6. Hupa: Some among them say they had not consumption before the advent of whites. " At present time the disease is extremely prevalent and fatal." The article contains no exact data. |