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Indians, North American

 Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Bernard John Dowling Irwin Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 232
Abstract

Collection contains reprints of articles written by Irwin and articles written about him and his career, biographical data, and photographs.

Dates: 1850-1936

Charles R. Greenleaf Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 91
Abstract

Greenleaf was born in Pennsylvania and educated at the Medical College of Ohio, graduating in 1860. During the Civil War, he oversaw construction of Philadelphia's Mower Hospital on Chestnut Hill, which was at the time the largest military hospital in the world. He introduced a system of personal identification used by the army and organized the army's Hospital Corps.

Dates: 1890-1936 (bulk 1890-1892)

Emery A. Johnson Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 587
Abstract

Emery A. Johnson (1929-2005), American physician, administrator, and health advocate, devoted his career to improving the health needs of the country's Native American and Alaska Native populations. He was the fourth director of the Indian Health Service (I.H.S.), an Assistant Surgeon General of the United States, and a life-long supporter of allowing American Indians to take control of their own health care management.

Dates: 1938-2007

Indian Schools of Practical Nursing Collection

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 568
Abstract

Collection highlights the history of the program. Beginning in Oklahoma in 1935, the program prepared women of Native American decent to become licensed practical nurses.

Dates: 1936-1998 (bulk 1954-1971)

Leonard C. McPhail Diary

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 88
Abstract

Includes biographical data and typescript of diary. McPhail was assistant surgeon, U.S. Army. Diary records his journey leading to the signing of a treaty with the Comanches.

Dates: 1835-c.1939

Medical and statistical data on American Indians

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 150
Abstract

Includes vital statistics, anthropometric tables, disease and mortality data, and information on the Indian Medical Service. Reports from physicians by specific reservation for medical service.

Dates: 1920

Thomas B. Marquis Papers

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 308
Abstract

Dr. Marquis practiced medicine in Montana, was with the U. S. Medical Corps during World War I, and became government physician on the Tongue River-Cheyenne Indian reservation. Because of his interest in Indian subjects he eventually gave up his medical practice and devoted full time to gathering historical data and writing.

Dates: 1906-1973 (bulk 1906-1936)

U.S. Asylum for Insane Indians annual report and census

 Collection
Identifier: MS C 177
Abstract

The report contains information as of June 30, 1926. It contains a list by name of current male and current female patients, including their native tribes and reservations.

Dates: 1926