HLTHAGE 1AA3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Alternative Medicine, Medicine Man, Homeopathy
4 Mar 2013
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The first canadian medical system" was composed of the various medical/religious institutions of the many groups of aboriginal peoples. They handed down their traditions orally, so the only written accounts are from white settlers, priests, explorers and traders. These writers tell us that medicine men or shamans were frequently called upon to diagnose and treat various types of injuries and disease. Immigrants were often malnourished to begin with and were faced with grave dangers from the overcrowded conditions on the boats in which they came to canada. Accidents occurred frequently, weather was sometimes harsh too. The origins of the contemporary medical care system: 19th century canada: a wide variety of practitioners were offering their services and selling their wares in an open market. Whiskey, brandy, and opium were widely used medicines. Most of the first allopathic medical practitioners in new france were either barber-surgeons from.
