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Show 189 The data used in this study is part of that obtained during an investigation carried out in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec for the Department of Experimental Studies in Public Health of the Ministry of Health and Welfare of Mexico. 1961 Robinson, Dow F., "Textos de Medicina Nahuat," America Indigena, XXI, No. 4 (October, 1961), pp. 345-353. English summary: The following texts were collected in the northern Sierra de Puebla in the village of Xalacapan of the municipality of Zacapoaxtla. The population of this region is predominantly Indian, speaking nahuatl, Magic and religious beliefs are mixed together in the ceremonies in which witchdoctors and native healers participate. The personality of each is different and well-defined, since while the healer is well-intentioned and tries to cure a sick person, the witchdoctor reproduces sickness and even kills people. 1963 Garcia Manzanedo, Hector, "Notas Sobre la Medicina Tradicional en una Zona de la Sierra Tarahumara," America Indigena, XXIII, No. 1 (January, 1963), pp. 61-70. English summary: Some of the characteristics of traditional medicine in an Indian zone of the Sierra Tarahumara in the State of Chihuahua are described in this work; also, some of the common behavior patterns of the owiruame who is in charge of restoring the health of those affected by certain sufferings known by the local Indian medicine. Certain supernatural phenomena which cause serious illness and whose treatment is represented by certain tricks such as the extraction of strange objects out of the patient's body; the application of baths and the administration of various kinds of liquids are also described. The efforts of the Government in order to provide with adequate medical and sanitary care to all the inhabitants of the country, stumble upon geographic, linguistic and conceptual barriers; as in the case of the Sierra Tarahumara Indians, the various institutions working for the health and well being of the inhabitants of the area, tend to introduce the concepts of modern medicine in this zone, ancestrally isolated from national life. Pennington, Campbell W., "Medicinal Plants Utilized by the Tepehuan of South Chihuahua," America Indigena, XXIII, No. 1 (January, 1963), pp. 31-47. Article written in English with a summary in Spanish. Brown, Jack, "Some Changes in Mexican Village Curing Practices Induced by Western Medicine," America Indigena, XXIII, No. 2 (April, 1963), pp. 93-120. Article written in English with a summary in Spanish. |