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Jamaican folk medicine : a source of healing

Author: Arvilla Payne-Jackson; Mervyn C Alleyne
Publisher: Kingston, Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, 2004.
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Arvilla Payne-Jackson; Mervyn C Alleyne
ISBN: 9766401233 9789766401238
OCLC Number: 56653060
Description: x, 228 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Contents: The social historical context : slavery and its aftermath --
The ethnic dimension --
African and African-Jamaican religions --
Aetiology and illness --
Folk medical practitioners --
Treatments and health care --
The nature of healing herbs --
Conclusion --
Appendix : Drugstore medicines, Kingston, Jamaica.
Responsibility: Arvilla Payne-Jackson and Mervyn C. Alleyne.

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