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• Archive: Emory Dean Keoke - Medicine and Health Medicine and Health cover the many contributions American Indians made to the world in these areas.
• Early Native peoples learned which plants and animals provided them with the best nutrition.
• They invented treatments for their illnesses, performed operations on people - including brain surgery and skin grafts - and used antiseptics to prevent infection.
• In many ways, their medical and health practices were ahead of those of Europeans when settlers first came to the Americas.
• Ancient American Indian medical discoveries continue to save lives today.