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Bloomfield, Siosiane Fanua,

Illness and cure in Tonga : traditional and modern medical practice / Siosiane Fanua Bloomfield. - xiv, 174 pages : illustrations, portraits, maps ; 21 cm

Edited version of the author's thesis (M.A.)--University of the South Pacific, 1986.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-164) and index.

Introduction -- Tongan etiology of illness and health -- The curers -- The cures -- Case studies -- Conclusion.

ISBN: 9822130058 9789822130058

LCCN: 2003495483

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Traditional medicine--Tonga
Medical care--Tonga
Ethnology--Tonga
Maternal and infant welfare--Tonga
Birth control--Tonga
Niueans--Diseases
Niueans--Social life and customs
Maternal health services.
Child health services.
Family planning services.
Medicine, Traditional

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Tonga--Social life and customs

LC Class. No.: GN477 / .B56 2002

Dewey Class. No.: 362.1099612