Tuberculosis Among Indians of the Plains
Database ID | 25812 | |
Institution | Saskatchewan Archives Board | |
Fonds/Collection | Saskatchewan Archives Board General | |
Series | X49 | |
File/Item Reference | X49 | |
Date of creation | 1928 | |
Physical description/extent | 1 folder; 1 cm of textual records | |
Number of images | 1 | |
Historical note | Full title: "Tuberculosis Among the Indians of the Great Canadian Plains" by R.G. Ferguson M.D. pgs. 5-56, in Transactions of the National Association for the Prevention of Tuberculosis at the Fourteenth Annual Conference (London, England). | |
Scope and content | A study on tuberculosis in Canadian Plains Indian populations by Dr. R.G. Ferguson. Includes a brief history of the Aboriginal peoples of the Canadian prairies followed by a research study on the death rate, age-incidence, sex-incidence, type of disease, family resistance, resistance by generation, and effect of white blood infusion on resistance, morbidity, incidence of infection, type of pulmonary disease, housing and sanitation, and other matters involved with tuberculosis infection. Much of the study data comes specifically from the Qu'Appelle Indian Agency in South Eastern Saskatchewan. | |
Restrictions on access | There are no restrictions on access. | |
Contributer | Ferguson, R.G. (author) | |
Copyright holder | Unknown | |
Copyright expiry date | Unknown | |
Type | Archival | |
Primary Media | Textual documents | |
Specific document types | Articles | |
Provenance Access Point | Saskatchewan Archives Board General | |
Place | Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, Canada Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, Canada | |
Treaty boundaries | Treaty 6 | |
Cultural region | Plains | |
Names | Qu'Appelle Agency | |
Subject | Health -- Illness -- Disease Health Health -- Illness Health -- Issues Health -- Medicine Housing Federal Indian Agencies Disease - Tuberculosis | |
Date Range(s) | 1920-1929 1910-1919 1900-1909 | |
Permanent Link | https://digital.scaa.sk.ca/ourlegacy/permalink/25812 |