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Death in abeyance : therapies and illness among the Tabwa of central Africa / Christopher O. Davis.
Van Pelt Library DT650.T32 D38 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Davis, Christopher O.
- Series:
- International African library ; 23.
- International African library ; 23
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Tabwa (African people)--Medicine.
- Tabwa (African people).
- Tabwa (African people)--Diseases.
- Diseases--Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Diseases.
- Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Therapeutics--Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Therapeutics.
- Traditional medicine--Congo (Democratic Republic).
- Traditional medicine.
- Genre:
- Catalogs.
- Physical Description:
- x, 342 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- An ethnography of the Tabwa people of Zaire and their categories of illness, medicine, divination and healing. Rich in case material, the text offers an understanding of an African approach to body parts, illnesses, symptoms and personal features through to actual methods of diagnosis, prognosis, and cure.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0748613056
- OCLC:
- 42407103
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