LancasterHistory is pleased to host the Edward Hand Medical Museum on Thursday, April 18 for Wampum Is Our Heart: Native American Medicine & Its European Reception in Penn’s Woods. Dr. Marlene Arnold will describe Indian theories of disease and healing practices in 18th-century Pennsylvania. Learn how Europeans at the time embraced Native American medical knowledge, which was recognized as extensive and sophisticated, and actively sought Indian treatments.

Marlene Arnold, Ph.D. is the professor of anthropology at Millersville University, where she teaches courses in cultural anthropology, including North American Indian, Medical Anthropology, Cross-Cultural Communication, and Ethnographic Field Research, among others. A Fulbright Scholar and Kellogg Fellow, Arnold holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from the University of Pennsylvania. This presentation is an excerpt from her long-term research—the Providence Project—which looks at the Lancaster region in the 18th-century and the contributions of its people to our nation’s founding and establishment of core values.

This event takes place on Thursday, April 18, 2019 in Ryder Hall at LancasterHistory. A social gathering will begin at 4pm, followed by the main presentation at 4:30pm. The event is free and open to the public. To register for the event to guarantee a seat, please email executivedirector@edwardhandmedicalmuseum.org or call (717) 224-5119.