ARTICLE
Published in Medical Anthropology Newsletter • Feb 1, 1977
Authors:
Ted C. Appel
Abstract
Abstract The nature and delivery of native medicine was studied among the Miskito Indians of eastern Nicaragua. Two types of practitioners were interviewed: the curandero (herbalist) and the sukya (shaman). Both were found to deliver similar health care, with the major differences being that the for...
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