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Show 172 1950 Gutierrez-Noriega, Carlos (Peru), "Area de Mescalinisco en el Feru,'^ America Indigena, X No. 3 (July, 1950), Mexico,. D.F., pp. 216-220. English Summary: This paper demonstrates that there is a region in Northern Peru where they use, in popular medicine a plant known by the name of San Pedro (Opuntia cylindrica) containing mescalina. Persons drinking the water in which the plant has been boiled, experiment hallucinations and suffer a general alteration of their mental power. Chemical and pharmachological studies have demonstrated that the substance originating those alterations is the mescalina, found principally in the bark of the plant. Differing from mescalinism in the north of Mexico and the south of the United States, which is related to religion and is practiced in public ceremonies, in Peru it is only practiced privately, knowledge of the plant being the medicine man's secret. These medicine men take advantage of the mental alterations produced by the plant in order to influence and deceive those that solicit their services. It has not been proved that mescalinism existed in ancient Peru, that possibility being considered only as a hypothesis. 1951 Editorial. "Introduccion de Nuevos Alimentos Para Complementar la Dieta Indigena," America Indigena, XI No. 1 (January, 1951), pp. 3-7- In Spanish and English. This Editorial is taken from the speech of Dr. Manuel Gamio given at the IV Conferencia Inter-americana de Agricultura y la Reunion Regional Latinoamericana de Agricultura in December, 1950. The diet of the peasants of Latin America consists almost exclusively of vegetables, consisting principally of corn, potatoes, "yuca," etc. is deficient in sufficient proteins and fats. However, even though well-meaning people romantically propose foods of great nutritional value, they fail to suggest how this food may be obtained and also, they do not suggest how to overcome the dislike of the peasants for anything not of vegetable origin. Editorial. "El Cambio de Dieta," America Indigena, XI No. 2 (April, 1951), pp. 95-98. In Spanish and English. Discussion of how a high protein diet in animal protein makes the Indian ill. Questions are asked by the Editor as to why these natives cannot tolerate this change in diet. Editorial. "La Natalidad y Los Proyectos de Mejoramiento Social," America Indigena, XI No. 3 (July, 1951), pp. 191-194. In Spanish |