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Author

Flint, Karen Elizabeth, 1968-

Title Healing traditions [electronic resource] : African medicine, cultural exchange, and competition in South Africa, 1820-1948 / Karen E. Flint.

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Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press ; Scottsville, South Africa : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2008.

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	xiv, 274 p. : ill.
Series	New African histories series
	New African histories series.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Healing the body : disease, knowledge, and medical practices in the Zulu kingdom -- Healing the body politic : muthi, healers, and nation building in the Zulu kingdom -- Early African-white encounters : healers, witchcraft, and colonial rule, 1830/91 -- Competition, race, and professionalization : African healers and white medical practitioners, 1891/1948 -- African-Indian encounters and their influence on African therapeutics, 1860/1948.
Reproduction	Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject	Medicine -- South Africa -- History.
	Traditional medicine -- South Africa -- History.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Added Author	ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN	9780821418499 (hc : alk. paper)
	0821418491 (hc : alk. paper)
	9780821418505 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	0821418505 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	9781869141707 (Univ. of KwaZulu-Natal Press)
	1869141709 (Univ. of KwaZulu-Natal Press)
	9780821443026 (electronic bk.)