BANTU FOLK LORE (Medical and General). BY MATTHEW L. HEWAT, M.D. T. MASKEW MILLER, PUBLISHER AND BOOKSELLER, CAPE TOWN. CONTENTS. CHAPTER PAGE. I. Bantu Tribes 1 II. Some observations of interest in the Folk Lore of the Kaffir 9 III. Doctors 25 IV. Native Practices 52 V. Surgery 85 VI. Midwifery and Children 97 BANTU FOLK LORE. Medical and General. INTRODUCTION. Having been for some time located in the border districts of the Cape Colony, and there coming into frequent contact with the natives; I was struck with the fact that there was a large field for investigation, and record of the “Medical Folk Lore” of the Bantu tribes, which was becoming more and more difficult of attainment as time w…
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