Jamaican folk medicine : a source of healing / Arvilla Payne-Jackson and Mervyn C. Alleyne.

By: Payne-Jackson, Arvilla [author.]Contributor(s): Alleyne, Mervyn C [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, 2004Description: 1 online resource (239 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceSubject(s): Traditional medicine -- Jamaica | Traditional medicine -- Africa | Medicinal plants -- Jamaica | Medicinal plants -- AfricaGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jamaican folk medicine : a source of healing.DDC classification: 615.88097292 LOC classification: GR121.J2 | P39 2004Online resources: Click to View
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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