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Show fe\wning ttendants, springs and 'Though chona, a natural ipro'Vi6ed hot or 8 vapor plunge, supplemented by eweHt oven. of the properties of cin he was not awar'e substituted he frequented the geyser, the hot he bath, followed by cold a infusion ,of willow bark an for the treatment of' intermittent and remittent (Salicin), fever. He had fixed (green corn He had This periods for ritual omesis and catharsis feast). developed was rudimentary system of message. a the practice of the Indians essentially until the westward march of settlement forced them toward the setting to march came into contact with friendly terms, However J sun. So soon the Indians as the white man, not always the latter began to on (tei v111z8''.1 tha r'ed kindly" the Indiana did not take to this too man. as the transition fronl treatment of the sick by the "medicine ." "". man" to that of surgeon, which was too affairs many a.brupt, were helving their was the Indians, particulcarly Following were this geney to by cured for hospitalized. the creation of the Indian Bureau , minor attempts were made Indians, During this period wounded captives, few were a medicine! all Indian 1851, practically by the U. S. Arrp.y. by Army surgeons, an.d by the Army car-ed for entering wedge for "white" Prior to handled sick care 1852" for sick but the advent of the War of the Rebellion ' -26- brought |
