Māori Plant Use Database Plant Use Details of BEST Elsdon

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BEST Elsdon 1906. Māori Medical Lore. Notes on sickness and disease among the Māori people of New Zealand, and their treatment of the sick; together with some account of various beliefs, superstitions and rites pertaining to sickness, and the treatment thereof, as collected from the Tūhoe tribe. Journal of the Polynesian Society 14 : 1 -23

AUTHOR: BEST Elsdon

PUBLICATION DATE: 1906

TITLE: Māori Medical Lore. Notes on sickness and disease among the Māori people of New Zealand, and their treatment of the sick; together with some account of various beliefs, superstitions and rites pertaining to sickness, and the treatment thereof, as collected from the Tūhoe tribe

PUBLISHER: Journal of the Polynesian Society.

NOTES: Part I continued. Karakia for various ailments.
Part II: treatment of disease, wounds by simple remedies using plants

LINK WORDS: medicinal

RECORD NUMBER: 2278