Published January, 2012
By John Desmond Gimlette
Publisher: Orchid Press Publishing Limited
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Focuses on the pharmacopoeia and practices of Malay healers, shamans (bomoh) and sorcerers (pawing). This title not only deals with the traditional pharmacology and toxicology, native theories of disease, medical practice, religious ritual and superstition, but also with the Malay anthropology generally.

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