Consumption among Indians

Infective Hepatitis among Indians

The cases on which this paper is based were 258 in number. All the caees were treated in hospital during; the period 15th May, 1943, to 30th April, 1945. Only those cases have been considered which were admitted from the local Indian units. They were all Indian males. Combatants were admitted in much larger proportions (84 per cent) than non-combatants (16 per cent), though they were all living...

Normal Intrapleural Pressures among Indians

Midwifery among the Alaskan Indians

squatting position as though she were in the act of defecation and using the hole as a privy vault. She grasps the stake with both hands. One squaw sits behind with arms elapsed around the patient's abdomen, and another sits at each knee to act as a brace or support. They make 110 examinations, the midwife not being allowed to see the vulva of the patient under any circumstances. When a pain co...

Trachoma among the Yanomami Indians.

The Yanomami are one of the last primitive groups of Indians living in Brazil. They have almost no contact with other cultures. The epidemiology of eye disease among Yanomami is virtually unknown. For the first time, a trachoma survey was conducted among Yanomami Indians in the State of Amazonas near the Venezuelan border of the Brazilian rain forest. Ophthalmic examination was carried out on a...

Spirituality and attempted suicide among American Indians.

American Indians exhibit suicide-related behaviors at rates much higher than the general population. This study examines the relation of spirituality to the lifetime prevalence of attempted suicide in a probability sample of American Indians. Data were derived from a cross-sectional sample of 1456 American Indian tribal members (age range 15-57yr) who were living on or near their Northern Plain...