book chapter

Some tribal customs in their relation to medicine and morals of the Nyam-nyam and Gour people inhabiting the eastern Bahr-El-Ghazal

Fourth report of Wellcome Tropical Research Laboratories at the Gordon Memorial College Khatroum • London • Published In 1911 • Pages: 239-277 , plates [incomplete]

By: Anderson, R. G..

Abstract
Captain R. G. Anderson of the Royal Army Medical Corps reports on the medical and moral customs of the Nyam-nyam Azande and Gour. His observations of the semi-magical preventitive and therapeutic techniques, drugs, and charms are made apropos of introducing and applying modern scientific medicine. Anderson covers most extensively mutilation (for punishment, decoration, and status distinction), charms, and the prevalent diseases with their conventional cures. Anderson's observations on 'morality' are scanty and ethnocentric and have not been excerpted.
Subjects
Body alterations
Theory of disease
Sanctions
Sacred objects and places
Medical therapy
culture
Azande
HRAF PubDate
1999
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Central Africa
Document Type
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator Type
Government Official
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
WB ; 1950
Field Date
no date
Coverage Date
not specified
Coverage Place
eastern Bahr-El-Ghazal, Sudan
Notes
R. G. Anderson
This document consists of excerpts
LCSH
Zande (African people)