Book
Zulu medicine and medicine-men
C. Struik • Cape Town • Published In 1966 • Pages:
By: Bryant, A. T. (Alfred T.).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a Zulu materia medica, with brief descriptions of medicine-men and curing as well. The majority of the text is a listing of 240 Zulu medicinal plants, their botanical identification and a discussion of how and for what they are used. Two valuable tables at the back of the book list the plants first by Latin name, then by Zulu name, give a brief description of their use and refer the reader to the relevant pages.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Flora
- Morbidity
- Pharmaceuticals
- Bodily injuries
- Theory of disease
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Medical therapy
- Medical personnel
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Zulu
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2005
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Missionary
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Martin Malone ; 1979
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1883-ca. 1940
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1883-ca.1940
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- [by] A. T. Bryant
- 'Table of Zulu medicinal plants arranged in botanical order'
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 86-115)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 67001912
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zulu (African people)