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Here are seven inventions used every day in medicine and public health that we owe to Native Americans. And in most cases, couldn’t live without today:
As we celebrate Native American Heritage Month, we recognize and pay tribute to the first Americans and the contributions they made to medicine and public health. Keep reading to learn more about a few of the innovations that continue to better our lives.
Despite some early medical research abuses against Native Americans, tribe members have helped make breakthroughs for more than 50 years by participating in studies about the epidemiology, prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, according to NIH.
Generations of Native Americans have received medical knowledge over the last 40,000 years through a strong oral tradition. Indigenous medical philosophy stresses the interconnection of humanity, nature, and the spiritual realm.
Syringes. The first medical syringes were credited to Scottish doctor Alexander Wood and French surgeon Charles Gabriel Pravaz, who developed them independently in 1853. But long before, South American natives fashioned a device out of hollowed-out bird bone and animal bladders. The syringe was used to inject medicine, clean ears, irrigate ...
American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) persons have practiced the art of medicine and wellness for many thousands of years. These stories honor AI/AN tribe's substantial contributions to public health.
From the tip of South America to the Arctic, Native Americans developed scores of innovations—from kayaks, protective goggles and baby bottles to birth control, genetically modified food crops...
American as a primitive and hostile sav-age, the Native American peoples have rich traditions which include numerous contributions to science, engineering, and medicine. In this article (1) we discuss briefly some examples of those contribu-tions and enunciate theneed for inter-disciplinary research. NativeAmericanContributions The Native ...
1. Susan La Flesche Picotte. Born in 1865 on the Omaha reservation in northeastern Nebraska, Susan La Flesche Picotte is the first Native American woman to receive a medical degree.
The world’s health ecosystem owes much of its practices and innovations to Native American people and healers. Here are 5 inventions used every day in medicine and public health that we owe to Native Americans.