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Knowledge and use of herbal contraceptives in a Peruvian Amazon villagearticle 1976 • Hern, Warren M.
Shipibo • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
A 1964 health study of the Peruvian Amazon Indian village of Paococha revealed the knowledge and use of herbal preparations alleged to have contraceptive properties. A 1969 follow-up study attempted to document the extent of knowledge and use of thes...High fertility in a Peruvian Amazon Indian villagearticle 1977 • Hern, Warren M.
Shipibo • South America > Amazon and Orinoco
The relation between fertility and cultural change in the village of Paococha in the Ucayali River area of Peru was studied initially in 1964 and in more detail in 1969. The 1969 study included observations concerning social, economic, environmental,...