Shamanism and Vulnerability on the North and South American Great Plains by Kathleen Bolling Lowrey;

Author:Kathleen Bolling Lowrey; [Неизв.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Chicago Distribution Center (CDC Presses)

A frankly popular book (and excellent reading on this score), the present work will be of interest to the ethnobotanist, the ethnologist, and the anthropologist concerned with advances in modern psychiatry. It contains a complete account of the preparation of curare by the tribes of tropical Ecuador, as well as incidental ethnographical notes. Standardized curare has largely been made possible through Mr. Gill’s “functional exploring” of the region. The same substance on the Jivaros’ deadly arrow-point is recently being widely used in conjunction with metrazol shock-therapy of schizophrenia and the affective disorders. Preliminary reports (e.g. those of Dr. A. E. Bennett and Dr William Menninger) indicate that the relaxing action of curare reduces the danger of fracture and dislocation in the tonic phase of the metrazol convulsion, formerly a drawback in this therapeutic procedure. The book contains maps and an index, and is profusely illustrated with the author’s own photographs. (LaBarre 1941: 103–104)

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