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Treatment of the sick in the Solomon Islands
Folk-lore • 46 • Published In 1935 • Pages: 148-161
By: Blackwood, Beatrice.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article summarizes curing practices, particularly those of the Tinputz proper of northeastern Bougainville. Coverage includes fractures and sprains, skin diseases, afflictions of the internal organs, fever, ear troubles, children's diseases, and throat troubles. The use of plant remedies is frequently noted. Some comparisons are made with treatments on the Indian sub-continent.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Pharmaceuticals
- Sickness
- Medical therapy
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tinputz
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2015
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Melanesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- 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
- Timothy J. O;Leary ; 1958
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1929-1930
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1929-1930
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Villages of Kurtatchi and Tabut, North Bougainville District, Autonomous Region of Bougainville, Papue New Guinea
- NotesAdditional notes
- Beatrice Blackwood
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 161)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 17028740
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ethnology--Solomon Islands