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Sickness, ghosts and medicine in Tonga
journal of the Polynesian Society • 32 • Published In 1923 • Pages: 136-142
By: Collocott, E. E. V. (Ernest Edgar Vyvyan).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This short article is a discussion of Tongan concepts of sickness. It is by a missionary of long residence among the Tongans (p. 142) and contains information on theories of disease, the relation of ghosts to disease causation, diagnosis, treatment (usually massage and/or herbal medicines), and medical practitioners. It is not a detailed study, and ignores some relevant areas such as sorcery. Collocott's skeptical attitude reflected in his writing, as well as his role as a missionary, may have affected what and how much people were willing to tell him.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Bodily injuries
- Theory of disease
- Magical and mental therapy
- Medical therapy
- Medical personnel
- Eschatology
- Revelation and divination
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tongans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2006
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- 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.
- 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 J. Malone; 1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- 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)
- Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- By E. E. V. Collocott
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 08012644
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans