book chapter
Physiological and medical observations among the Indians of southwestern United States and northern Mexico
Govt. print. off. • Washington • Published In 1908 • Pages:
By: Hrdlicka, Ales.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is excellent physiological and medical study of the Indians of southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Most of the details however, concern the Pima and the Apaches, while specific data on the Navajo are limited. For the purposes of this file, only information pertaining to the Navajo has been abstracted. Since the author was an eminent physical anthropologist as well as physician, his observations made between 1898 and 1905 are important for the light they shed on Navajo physical structure and the diseases prevalent among the tribe at the time. The subjects included in the File cover population, marriage, sterility, head shape and body-molding through the cradle-board, stature, obesity, artificial abortion, infanticide, crime, suicide, mental and physical diseases, albinism, spinal curvatures, and native medicines.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Anthropometry
- Genetics
- Physiological data
- Personality disorders
- Population
- Composition of population
- Morbidity
- Comparative evidence
- Pharmaceuticals
- Regulation of marriage
- Magical and mental therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Abortion and infanticide
- Infant care
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Navajo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Physical Anthropologist
- 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.
- 3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Katchen S. Coley ; 1951
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1898-1905
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1898-1905
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- southwestern United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Aleš Hrdlicka
- This document consists of excerpts
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 08037619
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians