Book

Medicine and magic of the Mashona

Juta and Co.Cape Town • Published In 1956 • Pages:

By: Gelfand, Michael, Tredgold, Robert C. (Robert Clarkson).

Abstract
This is an excellent survey of religious and medical practices as observed by the author while serving as a physician at the Salisbury Native Hospital in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). There are two parts to this work. The first part deals with Shona ideas about the causes of disease and the second part is concerned with the native medicine man and the diagnosis and cure of diseases through magical or medical means. This source also includes information on medical treatment of pregnancy and on death.
Subjects
Eschatology
Magical and mental therapy
Shamans and psychotherapists
Medical therapy
Magicians and diviners
Magic
Preventive medicine
Paraphernalia
Sorcery
Revelation and divination
Burial practices and funerals
Mourning
Cult of the dead
Pregnancy
culture
Shona
HRAF PubDate
2014
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Southern Africa
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Types
Physician
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
John Beierle; 1991
Field Date
1940-1955
Coverage Date
1940-1955
Coverage Place
northern Zimbabwe
Notes
[by] Michael Gelfand ; with a foreword by Sir Robert Tredgold
Includes bibliographical references, glossary and index
LCCN
57042226
LCSH
Shona (African people)
Medicine, Magic, mystic, and spagiric