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Pomo doctors and poisonersBook 1923 • Freeland, L. S. (Lucy Shepard)
Pomo • North America > Northwest Coast and California
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, o...