Healing Body and Soul in Labrador: The Practice of Medicine by Early Moravian Missionaries
ABSTRACT This article considers sickness and health within the context of intercultural encounter. The focus is on Moravian medical practitioners and the cure of diseases in eighteenth-century Labrador. Data is taken from the earliest Nain diaries, additional Moravian manuscripts, and ethnographic s...
| Published in: | Journal of Moravian History |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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The Pennsylvania State University Press
2019
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5325/jmorahist.19.2.0156 https://scholarlypublishingcollective.org/psup/moravian-history/article-pdf/19/2/156/1219749/jmorahist_19_2_156.pdf |