Healing Body and Soul in Labrador: The Practice of Medicine by Early Moravian Missionaries

This article considers sickness and health within the context of intercultural encounter. The focus is on Moravian medical practitioners and the cure of diseases in eighteenth-century Labrador. Data is taken from the earliest Nain diaries, additional Moravian manuscripts, and ethnographic studies. A...

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Published in:Journal of Moravian history
Main Author: Olsthoorn, Thea 1952- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Penn State Univ. Press [2019]
In: Journal of Moravian history
IxTheo Classification:BR Ancient religions of the Americas
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBQ North America
KDD Protestant Church
NBE Anthropology
NCH Medical ethics
RJ Mission; missiology
Further subjects:B Inuit
B Moravians
B Healing
B Labrador
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