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Descriptor English:
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Medicine, African Traditional
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Descriptor Spanish:
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medicina tradicional africana
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Medicina Tradicional Africana
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Synonyms English:
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African Medicine
African Medicine, Traditional
African Traditional Medicine
African Witch Doctor
African Witch Doctors
Doctor, African Witch
Doctors, African Witch
Medicine, African
Medicine, Traditional African
Traditional African Medicine
Traditional Medicine, African
Witch Doctor, African
Witch Doctors, African
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Tree Number:
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E02.190.488.505
E02.190.901.433
I01.076.201.450.654.505
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Definition English:
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A system of traditional medicine which is based on the beliefs and practices of the African peoples. It includes treatment by medicinal plants and other materia medica as well as by the ministrations of diviners, medicine men, witch doctors, and sorcerers. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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IM; not medicine in Africa ( = MEDICINE + AFRICA); apply policy of Manual 32.13 to this term; apply TN J/29-36 on Chinese plants to indexing of African plants where applicable; specify geog; DF: MED AFRICAN TRADITIONAL
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History Note English:
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92
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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29990
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Unique Identifier:
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D016488
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