Disease, religion and medicine: smallpox in nineteenth-century Benin
The essay examines, with special reference to smallpox, the perception and interpretation of disease in pre- colonial Dahomey, present-day Republic of Benin. Because disease is seen primarily as a punishment from the gods and not just as a medical problem or a bodily disorder, traditional cult pries...
में बचाया:
| में प्रकाशित: | História, Ciências, Saúde - Manguinhos |
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| स्वरूप: | Artigo |
| भाषा: | Inglês |
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
2012
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| ऑनलाइन पहुंच: | https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=386138072003 |
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