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Show 162 Physicians, would not be the best way to guarantee the health of the Navaho; since this procedure would have its great inconveniences, when one takes into consideration the fact that the Navajo, from infancy, associates in his mind the Witch-Doctor with the cure of his illnesses, and it would be difficult to bring about a close relation between the Indian and the Physician, since to take away from him his Healers with their incantations would be the same as to take away from him part of his religion. The truth of the matter is that the "Singing Healer" is a great assistance to the Physician, and he should be so educated that of his own volition he would be able to select the cases which he can take care of, while handing over to the hospital those which are beyond his ability to treat. Also the Doctors and Nurses should be given better knowledge and understanding of the psychology of these Indians in order that they might be able to realize the importance which the Healer has in the life of the Navaho and not (as they have done up to the present) consider him as an obstacle to medical science. Metraux, Alfred (Estados Unidos), "Suicide Among the Matako of the Argentine Gran Chaco," America Indigena, III No. 3 (July, 1943), Mexico, D.F., pp. 201-209. Article written in English with a Spanish summary. Beals, Ralph L. and Hatcher, Evelyn. "The Diet of A Tarascan Village," America Indigena, III No. 4 (October, 1943), Mexico, D.F., pp. 295-304. Article is written in English with a Spanish summary. Comas, Juan (Mexico). "La Asistencia Publica y el Desarrollo Biologico del Indigena',' America Indigena, III No. 4 (October, 1943), Mexico, D.F., pp. 337-344. English Summary: The biological studies among various indigenous groups in Mexico (Mayas, Tojolabales, Otomies, Mazahuas, Aztecas, Tepecanos, Tarascos, Tarahumaras, etc.) demonstrate two things: a) That among different groups of the indigenous population of Mexico a biological deficiency (physical and mental) is frequently observed, b) That this deficiency in no way has any permanent character either hereditary or congenital, but is due to extrinsic causes of which the most important is a diet quantitatively and qualitatively insufficient. Taking into consideration the resolutions adopted at the First Inter-American Indianist Congress (Patzcuaro, 1940) to this effect, the following suggestions are proposed to the First National Congress on Public Welfare: 1) That proper measures be taken in order that the Departments of Public Welfare, Education, Health and Indian Affairs work in conjunction and harmony by means of the formation |