A Brief Note Regarding Campa Medical Practices
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Description: Describes the author's experiences with Campa Indian remedies in the Amazon River Basin.
A Brief Note Regarding Campa Medical Practices While serving in the Peace Corps in a remote area of the Peruvian Amazon Basin region, in the village of Puerto Bermudez on the Pichis River, I was affected by an extreme case of dysentery. I was unable to absorb food, to politely describe my condition. When I complained to several Campa Indians that I would have to leave the region to seek a doctor's help they volunteered to cure my affliction.
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| Page title: | Campa Medical Practices |
| Keywords: | James Q. Jacobs, James Jacobs, J. Q. Jacobs, writing, ethnobotany, Campa, Campa Indians, Amazon, PerÏ, Peru, Pichis, Puerto Bermudez, Puerto B*rmudez, medical practices, Peace Corps, herbal remedy, snakebite, anastetic, shaman, ethnomedicine, birth control |
| Description: | Short essay on personal experiences with herbal medical practices of the Campa Indians on the Pichis River in PerÏ. |
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