Book
Medical beliefs and practices of Begemder Amhara
University Microfilms • Ann Arbor, Michigan • Published In 1972 • Pages:
By: Young, Allan Louis.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study is a description of ideas on diseases and therapies among the Amhara. The priest-healer, DEBTERA, is given specific attention in this study. Differences between the herbalist and other secular healers (bone-setters, midwife, etc.) and their therapies and the DEBTERA, who heals by calling on disease-causing spirits and by recital of scripture texts are discussed in detail.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Vocabulary
- Sickness
- Pharmaceuticals
- Priesthood
- Revelation and divination
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Amhara
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1998
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sigrid Khera ; Sarah Bridges ; 1972-1973
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- Jan.-Dec. 1966
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1960s
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Gonder Province, Ethiopia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Allan Louis Young
- Thesis (Ph.D.) -- University of Pennsylvania, 1970
- UM 71-19, 303
- Includes bibliographical references (p. xii-xiv) and index
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Amhara (African people)