Healing traditions : African medicine, cultural exchange, and competition in South Africa, 1820-1948 / Karen E. Flint.

Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press ; Scottsville, South Africa : University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2008.

xiv, 274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-270) and index.

Healing the body : disease, knowledge, and medical practices in the Zulu kingdom -- Healing the body politic : muthi, healers, and nation building in the Zulu kingdom -- Early African-white encounters : healers, witchcraft, and colonial rule, 1830/91 -- Competition, race, and professionalization : African healers and white medical practitioners, 1891/1948 -- African-Indian encounters and their influence on African therapeutics, 1860/1948.