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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Penn State Univ. Press
[2019]
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Journal of Moravian history
Year: 2019, Volume: 19, Issue: 2, Pages: 156-180 |
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 |
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B Moravians B Healing B Labrador |
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