Plural medical systems in the Horn of Africa
Subtitle: the legacy of "Sheikh" Hippocrates
By: Leendert Jan Slikkerveer.
Series: Monographs from the African Studies Centre, Leiden
Publisher: Kegan Paul International; Distributed by Routledge, Chapman and Hall
Published: 1990
Place of publication: London; New York; New York, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 324
Subjects: Oromo (African people) -- Medicine.; Oromo (African people) -- Medical care.; Amhara (African people) -- Medicine.; Amhara (African people) -- Medical care.; Traditional medicine -- Ethiopia -- Babīlē (Hārergē Kifle Hāger); Medical care -- Ethiopia -- Babīlē (Hārergē Kifle Hāger); Cross-Cultural Comparison -- Ethiopia.; Health Services, Indigenous -- utilization -- Ethiopia.; Medicine, Traditional -- Ethiopia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 288-319) and index.
Map on lining papers.