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The medical practice of Carlos Montezuma Yavapais physician and indian reformer
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Author
Fent
,
Cynthia
Title
The
medical
practice
of
Carlos
Montezuma
Yavapais
physician
and
indian
reformer
Degree Program
History
Abstract
The
late
nineteenth
to the
early
twentieth
century
witnessed
many
changes
in
American
social
culture
. This
time
period
was
one
of
progressive
,
rapid
growth
in
technology
and
scientific
achievement
.
It
was also a
time
when
Native
Americans
began
to
experience
the
influence
of
such
progressive
growth
. A
large
number
of
Native
Americans
believed
that
education
and
political
change
were the
tools
necessary
for the
American
Indian
t
o
overcome
poverty
and
lack
of
opportunity
.
One
Native
American
who
overcame
such
obstacles
was
Carlos
Montezuma
,
M.D
. This
Yavapais
Indian
began
life
in
central
and
southern
Arizona
and was
captured
by
Pimas
in
1871
. He was then
sold
to an
Italian
photographer
by the
name
of
Carlos
Gentile
.
Gentile
saw
to
it
that the
young
Indian
boy
attended
school
, and
it
was this
opportunity
that
changed
Carlos
Montezuma's
life
.
After
completing
both
college
and
medical
school
, he
became
one
of the
first
Indian
medical
doctors
of this
era
.
Wanting
to be of
some
help
to his
people
,
Montezuma
elected
to
serve
as an
agency
physician
for the
Bureau
of
Indian
Affairs
(BIA)
upon
completion
of
medical
school
.
Montezuma's
tenure
with the
BIA
lasted
from
1889
until
1896
and,
during
that
time
, he
served
as
physician
and
clerk
for
three
reservations
and the
Carlisle
Indian
School
.
Montezuma's
experience
as an
agency
physician
was, on the
whole
, not a
good
one
. He
did
enjoy
the
time
spent
at
Carlisle
, but he also
believed
that he
could
do
more
for his
people
off
the
reservation
and
out
from
under
the
BIA
.
However
, his
experiences
with the
practice
of
reservation
medicine
proved
valuable
in
reorienting
his
goal
s
and
ideas
. Also, he
left
for the
historian
a
wonderful
picture
of the
realities
of
frontier
medicine
.
Upon
leaving
the
BI
A,
Montezuma
began
a
private
practice
in
Chicago
with the
noted
stomach
specialist
,
Dr
.
Fenton
B
.
Turck
. His
Chicago
practice
began
at a
time
when
tremendous
progress
was
being
made
in
medicine
.
Pharmacology
became
a
legitimate
specialty
, the
use
of
hospitals
increased
,
laboratory
tests
became
available
, and
various
medical
specialties
emerged
.
Montezuma
also
practiced
medicine
at a
time
when
urban
poverty
was
commonplace
and
survival
for the
ordinary
worker
was the
focus
of his
life
.
Montezuma's
Chicago
practice
also
included
dealing
with the
political
changes
in
medicine
. For
example
, the
records
he had
t
o
keep
for the
public
health
service
included
incidences
of
venereal
diseases
, and the
government
also
made
him
report
all
alcohol
prescriptions
during
prohibition
. The
Chicago
years
proved
to be
very
busy
and
exciting
ones
for
Montezuma
. He
treated
and
corresponded
with
many
patients
,
met
famous
newspaper
men
and
politicians
,
fought
for
Indian
rights
, and
built
a
successful
medical
practice
. This
medical
practice
included
caring
for the
twenty-seven
Indians
injured
in a
train
wreck
at
Maywood
,
Illinois
on
April
7
,
1904
. These
Indians
,
including
the
famous
Luther
Standing
Bear
,
all
worked
for
Buffalo
Bill
Cody's
Wild
West
Show
and were
injured
while
traveling
to
meet
other
members
of the
troop
. His
case
history
notes
are
invaluable
in
revealing
the
extent
of the
damages
suffered
by these
Indians
.
Although
he
cared
for
Indians
from
time
to
time
, his
primary
practice
consisted
of
white
,
urban
society
.
Carlos
Montezuma's
entire
life
demonstrated
to
all
that an
Indian
could
achieve
much
if
only
given
the
opportunity
. He
proved
, by
example
, that
hard
work
,
dedication
, and a
philosophy
of
giving
are the
primary
components
of
success
. His
medical
practice
provides
a
view
of the
medical
history
of the
time
,
different
aspects
of
medical
practice
, the
struggle
and
problems
of the
everyday
worker
, and the
frustration
and
hard
work
physicians
of that
era
often
faced
.
Carlos
Montezuma
proved
that
it
was
indeed
possible
to
merge
two
very
different
worlds
in a
positive
and
productive
way
.
Date Original
1990
Publisher
Fort Hays State University
Relation
Digital reproduction of the Fort Hays State University Theses Collection.
Type
Text
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
FentCynthia_1990_web.pdf
Source
LD2652 .T5 H5 F46 1990
Language
eng
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