hrdliCka] tuberculosis AMO:^Ct certain INDIAN TRIBES 43 



Walker, J. R. Tuberculosis among the Oglala Sioux Indians. Amer. Jour. Med. 

 Sci., Phila. and N. Y., Oct., 1906, n. s., cxxxii, 600-605. 



Reports on ten years' observations on tuberculosis among the Oglala; gives but 

 limited statistics. 



Wilkes, Chas. Narrative of the U. S. exploring expedition, 1838-1842. Phila., 

 1845, IV. 



Page 512: Among the Sachet, Oreg., "pulmonary complaints are very common, 

 and occasion great suffering. The diseases most often met with are bronchitis, and 

 tubercular consumption." 



Williamson, Thomas. The diseases of the Dakota Indians. Northwestern Med. 

 and Sur. Jour., St. Paul, Minn., 1874, iv, 410-19. 



Refers to the Sioux of Minnesota about the Lac qui Parle between 1835 and 1846. 

 The article contains observations on about 1,000 individuals. 



Page 412: "Of those over ten years old who died of disease, I think fully half died 

 of consumption." "I do not think it was much more prevalent among the Indians 

 than among our white population; while from the fact that they were all tainted with 

 scrofula, their mode of life, etc., it might be expected that it would be very much 

 more so." 



"The great proportion of phthisis was chiefly owing to so few dying of other diseases." 



Page 415: Scrofula certainly less prevalent among the Indians of the Plains sub- 

 sisting on buffalo meat than among those under his observation; those of the Plains 

 "generally appeared real healthy, with the exception of sore eyes." 

 Winder, Wm. On Indian diseases and remedies. Brit. -Amer. Jour. Med. and 

 Phys. Sci., Montreal, Jan., 1846, i, 255-7. 



Includes a report by Dr. P. Darling; otherwise the article is without value. 

 Woodruff, Charles E. Diseases of northern California Indians. Med. Rec, 

 N. Y., Jan. 24, 1891, xxxix, 104-6. 



Hupa: Some among them say they had not consumption before the advent of whites. 

 "At present time the disease is extremely prevalent and fatal." 



The article contain? no exact data. 



