The Swimmer manuscript : Cherokee sacred formulas and medicinal prescriptions / by James Mooney ; revised, completed, and edited by Frans M. Olbrechts.
Electronic resources
Record details
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 319 pages, 13 pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits
- Publisher: Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1932.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Also issued as House document 581, 71st Cong., 3d sess. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (page xiii) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Disease, its nature and its causes -- Disease and its treatment -- The medicine man -- Birth -- Death and afterlife -- The formulas -- Cherokee texts. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | Restrictions unspecified |
| Language Note: | Includes Cherokee texts with English translations: p. 167-309. |
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| Subject: | Cherokee Indians. Cherokee Indians > Medicine. Indians of North America > Medicine. Cherokee language > Texts. |
Additional Physical Form Titles
| Swimmer manuscript. |
