Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. INTRODUCTORY NOTE vii
3. PREFACE ix
4. CONTENTS xiii
5. INTRODUCTION xv
6. CHAPTER I. THE ΜΑΝΟ PEOPLE 3
7. CHAPTER II. MEDICINE IN GENERAL, OR MAN’S CONTROL OF HIDDEN POWER 9
8. CHAPTER III. MEDICINE DISTINGUISHED FROM RELIGION 14
9. CHAPTER IV. THE ΜΑΝΟ CONCEPTION OF DISEASE 20
10. CHAPTER V. RATIONAL TREATMENT OF DISEASE 37
11. CHAPTER VI. MAGICAL TREATMENT OF DISEASE 75
12. CHAPTER VII. TREATMENT OF DISEASE, PARTLY RATIONAL, PARTLY MAGICAL 85
13. CHAPTER VIII. TREATMENT OF SNAKEBITE 98
14. CHAPTER IX. THE BA KONA, A SOCIETY FOR THE TREATMENT OF SNAKEBITE 105
15. CHAPTER Χ. MEDICINE IN THE PORO 123
16. CHAPTER XI. MEDICINE IN CERTAIN OTHER SECRET SOCIETIES 139
17. CHAPTER XII. BLACK MAGIC AND POISON 142
18. CHAPTER XIII. DIVINATION 153
19. CHAPTER XIV. SPECIAL MEDICINES AND SACRED OBJECTS 169
20. CHAPTER XV. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION 177
21. SUPPLEMENTARY CHAPTER NATIVE MEDICAL PRACTICE IN AFRICA AS A WHOLE 195
22. APPENDIX. EXCERPTS FROM THE LITERATURE ON AFRICAN MEDICINE 229
23. BIBLIOGRAPHY 255
24. BOTANICAL LIST 265
25. INDEX 277