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An account of the native Africans in the neighbourhood of Sierra Leone : to which is added an account of the present state of medicine among them / by Thomas Winterbottom.

  • Thomas Masterman Winterbottom
Date:
1803
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account of the native Africans in the neighbourhood of Sierra Leone : to which is added an account of the present state of medicine among them / by Thomas Winterbottom. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAP. XIII. Page General Character of the Africans as given by different Authors— Their Pride—Sensibility—Deference to old Age—Hospita- lity—G enius—Oratory— Schools—Fondness for Literature. 205 CHAP. XIV. Religion—W orship of Demons—lIdea of a future State—Snake Worship—Mahommedanism—Trial and Punishment of Of- fences among the Mahommedans—Funerals—Mourning— Singular Society of Women—Mahommedan Burials— Ac- count of a Mahommedan Inypostor os++s+csecesecevases So. 922 CHAP. XV. Union of Medicine with Magic—Superstition of the Africans— Greegrees or Amulets—Treatment of sick Persons to avoid the Effect of Witchcrafi—Practice of Obi—Art of poison- ing—* Blowing” ssevscverseecscsevees seetes eesoveseeseseaeeseeer ae t© Gr i Apprenpix. No. I. Description of the Colony of Sierra Leone 275 I]. Meteorological Account of Sierra Leone 281 III. Account of the Termites ....... gehewanats: 292 IV. Vocabulary of the Bullom and Timmanee Languages COCKE SeO KM ESOHSESSS BFS FFF *H HPF eae Sad V. Vocabulary of the Soosoo Languages »...., 352 BUT Mcasee css soe OPP CAOSAHTODI TES CHOHOLO SED eFSaseRIPEASo THF SEKeHTCODECR 863