Purity, pollution and the invisible snake in southern Africa

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-100

  Green, Edward C ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

African ethnomedicine; Pollution beliefs; Snake beliefs; Traditional medicine; Witchcraft

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; GENERAL ASPECTS OF DISEASE; HUMAN; SUPERSTITION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AFRICA; DISEASE; HUMANS; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; SUPERSTITIONS;

EID: 0030138618     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740.1996.9966129     Document Type: Article

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