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Medicine and doctors according to the Annamite codearticle 1906 • Jeanselme, E. & Botsford, Keith
Vietnamese • Asia > Southeast Asia
This article brings together with a brief discussion several articles of the Annamite Code which deal with the definition and punishment of faults in the practice of medicine and pharmacy. Jeanselme, a French doctor, covers, among other things, the l...The music of Hué, Don-Nguyet and Don-Tranharticle 1919 • Hoàng-Yèn & Botsford, Keith
Vietnamese • Asia > Southeast Asia
Research on the old music, for the sake of their preservation and use, forms the basis of this article on music in Hué. Hoàng-Yèn was secretary-interpreter to the Residency. Included are the 'laws' concerning music, i.e., when it is not played, the e...The Annamese commune in Cochin Chinabook chapter 1935 • Kresser, Pierre Jacques & Botsford, Keith
Vietnamese • Asia > Southeast Asia
This doctoral dissertation from the University of Paris was presented in 1935. It includes comprehensive coverage of the legislation and modifications brought about in the Communes and the Councils of Notables. This is prefaced with a history of the ...Annamarticle 1894 • Enjoy, Paul d' & Botsford, Keith
Vietnamese • Asia > Southeast Asia
This document contains notes on doctors, druggists, remedies and superstitions, sorcerers and snake charmers encountered by the author, who was Public Prosecutor at Bac-Lieu, French Cochinchina....Traditions and customs of the KhmerBook 1952 • Porée, Guy et al.
Cambodians • Asia > Southeast Asia
This is not a complete or exhaustive study, but it gives a broad, objective view of various aspects of Cambodia. The authors discuss Cambodian pre-history and history, religions, legends and beliefs, the major ceremonials and rites, recreation and ar...The Cambodianbook chapter 1952 • Monod, G. H. (Guillaume-Henri) & Botsford, Keith
Cambodians • Asia > Southeast Asia
This brief study describes Cambodian life in a framework of Khmer cosmology and mythology. Monod, in his description of the day to day existence of the Cambodians, has created a group of charcaters whom he follows from birth to death. On the policy l...Thanh HoáBook 1929 • Robequain, Charles et al.
Vietnamese • Asia > Southeast Asia
Robequain, a geographer, produced this monograph on Vietnam in 1929. About a third of Volume 1 is devoted to the geography, geology, and climate of the area, and a short section deals with the flora. The rest of the volume deals with five ethnic grou...