Disease, religion and medicine: smallpox in nineteenth-century Benin Doenças, religião e medicina: a varíola no Benim, século XIX
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 priest...
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| Language: | English |
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Casa de Oswaldo Cruz
2012-12-01
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| Series: | História, Ciências, Saúde: Manguinhos |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-59702012000500003 |