42 BUREAU or AMERICAN ETHNOLOGy [bull. 42 



Page 313: "Consumption is of more frequent occurrence than scrofula among the 

 Indians;" " . . . scrofula per se is oftenest to be seen in those tribes who stand, 

 as it were, midway between the savage and civilized state; but even then not so often 

 as consumption." 



Page 315 (Pitcher): "So far as I am caj^able of forming an estimate of comparative 

 frequency of both scrofula and consumption in the two races," I should say that the 

 result is decidedly in favor of the red man." 



Moses, I. On the medical topography of Astoria, Oregon territory. Amer. Jour. 

 Med. Sci., Jan., 1855, 32-46. 



Reports scrofula and phthisis prevalent among the Indians of the region. Gives 

 no statistics or history. 



Orton, G. T. Scrofula amongst the Indians. The Manitoba and West Canada Lan- 

 cet, Winnipeg, Jan., 1898, v, 214-5. 



Scrofula and consumption noted as generally ])revalent among the Indians about 

 Lake Winnipeg and along Nelson river. The article contains no material of special 

 value. 



RoMANOWSKY. Observations dans les colonies russes de I'Amerique. Jour. Med. 

 de Russie, 1848, no. 20. 



Reports phthisis to be very prevalent among the natives of the Aleutian islands, 

 principally among the mixed-bloods who lead debilitating lives. 



Ross, A. Adventures of the first settlers on the Oregon or Columbia river. Lond., 

 1849. 



Page 308: Tribe Oakinackens, and others — "The diseases most frequent among these 

 people are indigestion, fluxes, asthmas, and consumption." 



Adventures of the first settlers on the Oregon or Columbia river. Lond., 



1849; also in Early Western Travels, Thwaite's ed., vii. 



Page 111: Chinooks (period 1810-13) — "Consumption and the venereal disease 

 are the complaints most common amongst them." 



Rush, B. Free thoughts upon the cause and cure of the pulmonary consumption. 

 Medical Inquiries and Observations, 2d ed., Phila., 1794, i. 



Page 196: "It [pvdmonary consumption] is unknown among the Indians in North 

 America." 



Stratton, Thomas. Contribution to an account of the diseases of the North Ameri- 

 can Indians. Edinburgh Med. and Sur. Jour., 1849, lxxi, 269-83. 



The paper contains Dr. A. Digby's and P. Darling's reports on consumption and 

 scrofula among the Ottawa and Chippewa of the Manitoulin island and the Six Nations 

 along the Grand river (period, 1840-48). 



According to P. Darling there were among the 800 Ottawa and Chippewa who came 

 under his observation — («) from Oct. 10, 1840, to Aug. 16, 1841: treated, scrofula 2, 

 "enlarged glands" 13, consumption not mentioned; (b) from Aug. 16, 1841, to Dec. 31, 

 1842: phthisis 12; no mention of scrofulous glands; (c) from Jan. 1, 1844, to Dec. 31, 

 1&44: phthisis 4; no mention of scrofula; (d) Jan. 1, 1847 to Dec. 31, 1847 : phthisis 3; no 

 mention of glands. 



According to Doctor Digby there were among the twenty-two hundred Indians be- 

 longing to the Six Nations, l)etween March 1, 1847, and March 1, 1848, a total of 54 

 deaths, with 4 deaths from phthisis. 



TscHUDi, J. J. ijber die geographische Verbreitung, dei Krankheiten in Peru. 

 Oester. med. Wochenschr., Wien., 1846, 472-3. 



Reports scrofula as being prevalent in Peru, especially along the coast; "but only 

 among the white population and along the coast also among the Negroes. The Indians 

 appear to be completely immune against this disease. And the same is true about 

 tuberculosis." 



a That is, the whites and the Indians. 



