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Medicine Amongst the Maoris, in Ancient and Modern Times
Contents
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Contents.
| Part I. | |
|---|---|
| The people. | Page 1. |
| Public health and sanitation, village sites, sanitation, ventilation, clothing, food. | pp.2 - 6. |
| Religion, gods, spiritual concepts. | pp.6 - 13. |
| The tohunga or priest. | pp.14 - 16. |
| Disease, conception of disease, vitality of the race, diseases. | pp.17 - 20. |
| Etiology of disease, tapu, makutu or witchcraft | pp.20 - 42. |
| Symptoms of disease. | pp.43 - 45. |
| Diagnosis, natural phenomena, daily incidents, dreams, waitapu, mental. | pp.46 - 51. |
| Prognosis, takiri, divination. | pp.52 - 53. |
| Treatment, prophylaxis, mauri, tua and tohi rites, against witchcraft. | pp.54 - 57. |
| against ill-omens, takutaku rite, ngau-paepae, makutu, doubtful cases. | pp.58 - 63. |
| General remarks on treatment. | pp.64 - 66. |
| Ancient drugs, heat, counter-irritation &c. | pp.67 - 70. |
| Some of the diseases amongst the ancient Maori, skin diseases, diseases of the eye, toothache, tuberculosis, leprosy. | pp.71 - 76. |
| The influence of mind. | pp.77 - 79. |
| Appendix. Kehua and taniwha. | pp.80 - |
| Part II. | |
| The effect of the introduction of civilisation. Epidemics, &c | pp.81 - 83. |
| Change of mode of living, clothing, food, alcohol. | pp.83 - 85. |
| Venereal diseases, morality. | pp.85 - 87.page v |
| Part III. | |
| The present condition of the Race. | |
| Population. | p.88. |
| Present environment, infant foods, clothing. | pp.89 - 90. |
| Physique of the race, height, weight. | pp.91 - 94. |
| Incidence of disease | pp.95 - 101. |
| Retarding influences, the past, mate Maori, fear of makutu, doctors, hospitals and operations &c | pp.102 - 108. |
| The present-day tohunga. | pp.109 - 111. |
| What is being done. | pp.112 - 113. |
| The future. | p.114. |
| Bibliography. | p.115. |