Book
Pomo doctors and poisoners
University of California Press • 20 • Published In 1923 • Pages: 57-73
By: Freeland, L. S. (Lucy Shepard).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article describes the two types of Pomo doctor, the 'outfit doctor' and the madu or 'sucking' or 'dream' doctor, and Pomo witchcraft, which was usually in the form of poisoning. For each type the author discusses personnel, materials, methods, occasions and illustrative cases of treatment. Included is sufficient information on Pomo ideas about disease and the dependence on doctors to indicate their importance in the society, as well as the significance of witchcraft as a factor constantly affecting Pomo behavior and their understanding of events.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Pharmaceuticals
- Theory of disease
- Sorcery
- Magical and mental therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Spirits and gods
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Revelation and divination
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Pomo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2000
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Northwest Coast and California
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- George R. Bedell ; 1960
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca. 1920
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- northern California, United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- L. S. Freedland
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Pomo Indians