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Native African Medicine : : With Special Reference to Its Practice in the Mano Tribe of Liberia /

Native African Medicine : : With Special Reference to Its Practice in the Mano Tribe of Liberia / / George Way Harley.

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Superior document:	Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP e-dition: Complete eBook Package
VerfasserIn:	Harley, George Way,
MitwirkendeR:	S. Coon, Carleton,
Place / Publishing House:	Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013] ©1941
Year of Publication:	2013
Edition:	Reprint 2014
Language:	English
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674183049 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674183049 Cover
Physical Description:	1 online resource (294 p.) :; 1 Frontispiz, 1 Kte
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Frontmatter
INTRODUCTORY NOTE
PREFACE
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. THE ΜΑΝΟ PEOPLE
CHAPTER II. MEDICINE IN GENERAL, OR MAN’S CONTROL OF HIDDEN POWER
CHAPTER III. MEDICINE DISTINGUISHED FROM RELIGION
CHAPTER IV. THE ΜΑΝΟ CONCEPTION OF DISEASE
CHAPTER V. RATIONAL TREATMENT OF DISEASE
CHAPTER VI. MAGICAL TREATMENT OF DISEASE
CHAPTER VII. TREATMENT OF DISEASE, PARTLY RATIONAL, PARTLY MAGICAL
CHAPTER VIII. TREATMENT OF SNAKEBITE
CHAPTER IX. THE BA KONA, A SOCIETY FOR THE TREATMENT OF SNAKEBITE
CHAPTER Χ. MEDICINE IN THE PORO
CHAPTER XI. MEDICINE IN CERTAIN OTHER SECRET SOCIETIES
CHAPTER XII. BLACK MAGIC AND POISON
CHAPTER XIII. DIVINATION
CHAPTER XIV. SPECIAL MEDICINES AND SACRED OBJECTS
CHAPTER XV. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION
SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER NATIVE MEDICAL PRACTICE IN AFRICA AS A WHOLE
APPENDIX. EXCERPTS FROM THE LITERATURE ON AFRICAN MEDICINE
BIBLIOGRAPHY
BOTANICAL LIST
INDEX