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UNINA9910824931203321 |
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Autore |
Payne-Jackson Arvilla |
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Titolo |
Jamaican folk medicine : a source of healing / / Arvilla Payne-Jackson and Mervyn C. Alleyne |
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Jamaica : , : University of the West Indies Press, , 2004 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (239 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Traditional medicine - Jamaica |
Traditional medicine - Africa |
Medicinal plants - Jamaica |
Medicinal plants - Africa |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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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