Book
A study of Delaware Indian medicine practice and folk beliefs
Dept. of Public Instruction, Pennsylvania Historical Commission • Harrisburg, Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania • Published In 1942 • Pages:
By: Tantaquidgeon, Gladys, Pennsylvania Historical Commission.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
On the basis both of material gathered in the field and extracted from the literature, the author, a professional ethnologist, gives a detailed description of Delaware medical practices. In addition to covering the various aspects of this, information is included on witchcraft, dreams, and plant and animal foods. Appendices contain a listing of medicinal plants, three myths, and material gathered on the Nanticoke .
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Pharmaceuticals
- Preventive medicine
- Sorcery
- Magical and mental therapy
- Medical therapy
- Medical personnel
- Sacred objects and places
- Revelation and divination
- Sexual stimulation
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Delaware
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2003
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Woodlands
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- James R. Leary ; 1961
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1930
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1928-1930
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Oklahoma, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] Gladys Tantaquidgeon
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 70-73)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 42037001
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Delaware Indians