CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. ABOUT THE AUTHOR VI
3. CONTENTS VII
4. Preface IX
5. ONE. Life and the Land 1
6. TWO. Two Unprovable Hypotheses 24
7. THREE. The Native Medical Profession 60
8. FOUR. Kähuna Lapa'au After 1778 101
9. FIVE. 1778: An End, and a Beginning 132
10. SIX. Exploration and Exploitation: 1786-1825 155
11. SEVEN. The Time of Troubles 198
12. EIGHT. The Time of Dying 228
13. NINE. Many Who Came Have Vanished 266
14. Notes 297
15. Glossary 305
16. References 309
17. Index 317