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23 - Early Medical History (Part 1) - Natural Cures, Myths & Religion
In which we begin an overview discussion about health and medicine in Canada from the First Nations to New France. Let's look at a pre-germ theory world with the help of Indigenous legends and some lame poetry!   --  Major sources:   Arnason, T., R. J. Hebda, and T. Johns. "Use of plants for food and medicine by Native Peoples of eastern Canada." Canadian Journal of Botany, Vol. 59, 1981, pp. 2189-2325.  Copway, George. 'The Traditional History and Characteristic Sketches of the Ojibway Nation'. C. Gilpin, 1850.  Daveluy, Marie-Claire. “Mance, Jeanne,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 1, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003.  Faillon, Étienne-Michel. Vie de mademoiselle Mance et histoire de l'Hôtel-Dieu de Ville-Marie, en Canada. Paris, Rusand, 1854.  Herrick, James W. Iroquois Medical Botany, Syracuse University Press, 1997. Gagan, David, and Rosemary Gagan. "Hospitals." The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, edited by Gerald Hallowell, Oxford UP, 2004, pp. 293-4.  McPherson, Kathryn. "Nursing." The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, edited by Gerald Hallowell, Oxford UP, 2004, pp. 458.  Turner, Nancy J. Ancient Pathways, Ancestral Knowledge: Ethnobotany and Ecological Wisdom of Indigenous Peoples of Northwestern North America, Montreal, McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014.  Story of Last Calf and the cure for tuberculosis  Sproule, Dorothy. “Jeanne Mance: Founder of Hotel Dieu, Montreal.” Montreal in Verse: An Anthology of English Poetry by Montreal Poets. Ed. Writers of the Poetry Group. Montreal, Canadian Authors Association; 1942.  --  Check out this great independent poetry anthology, 'Isolated Together', right here. Reach the show with any questions, comments and concerns at historiacanadiana@gmail.com, Twitter (@CanLitHistory) & Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana) & Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana). Check out the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) and some silly apparel (http://tee.pub/lic/Ges5M2WpsBw)!
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