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The scalpel and the silver bear / Dr. Lori Arviso Alvord and Elizabeth Cohen Van Pelt.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel 7750
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Alvord, Lori Arviso, author.
Cohen, Elizabeth, author.
Contributor:
Schimmel, Caroline F., associated name, donor.
Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Alvord, Lori Arviso.
Women surgeons--United States--Biography.
Women surgeons.
Navajo women--United States--Biography.
Navajo women.
Navajo Indians--United States--Social life and customs.
Navajo Indians.
Minorities in medicine--United States--Biography.
Minorities in medicine.
Physicians.
Women.
United States.
physicians.
women (female humans).
Navajo Indians--Social life and customs.
Medical Subjects:
Physicians.
Women.
United States.
Genre:
collective biographies.
autobiographies (literary works)
Personal narratives
Autobiographies
Biographies
Biographies.
Autobiographies.
Personal narratives.
Penn Provenance:
Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel 7750, 7751)
Physical Description:
xi, 204 pages ; 21 cm
Edition:
Bantam trade paperback edition.
Other Title:
Scalpel and the silver bear : the first Navajo woman surgeon combines western medicine and traditional healing
Place of Publication:
New York : Bantam Books, 2000
Summary:
"Dr. Alvord left a dusty reservation in New Mexico for Stanford University Medical School, becoming the first Navajo woman surgeon. Rising above the odds presented by her own culture and the male-dominated world of surgeons, she returned to the reservation to find a new challenge. In dramatic encounters, Dr. Alvord witnessed the power of belief to influence health, for good or for ill. She came to merge the latest breakthroughs of medical science with the ancient tribal paths to recovery and wellness, following the Navajo philosophy of a balanced and harmonious life, called Walking in Beauty. And now, in bringing these principles to the world of medicine, The Scalpel and the Silver Bear joins those few rare works, such as Healing and the Mind, whose ideas have changed medical practices-and our understanding of the world."--back cover.
Contents:
Chantways
Walking the path between worlds
Journey down the medicine path
Life out of balance
Rez dogs and crow dreams
Ceremony medicine
Spiritual surgery
The "Navajo Plague"
Two weddings
At the big medicine space
"Do Not Try to Count the Stars"
The Spirit Horse's bridle
A knotted sash
Mount Taylor in the rearview mirror.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-204).
"Navajo blanket border [on front and back cover], courtesy of the National Musem of the American Indian Smithsonian Institution slide #22/9191"--title page verso.
Local Notes:
Schimmel 7750: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel. Ink inscription and author's autograph on half title: For Marjorie, May your journey be filled with Beauty. Lori Alvord 4/1/05
Schimmel 7751: Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2024 by Caroline F. Schimmel. 8th printing.
ISBN:
9780553378009
0553378007
OCLC:
990026328

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