The Quest for Therapy in Lower Zaire Book

List of Illustrations Foreword, by Charles Leslie Preface

PART ONE: THE AREA OF STUDY
1. The Human Setting of Healing in Lower Zaire
2. A History of Medical Pluralism in Lower Zaire

PART TWO: STUDIES IN KONGO ILLNESS AND THERAPY An
Introductory Note
3. Disease of God, Disease of Man
4. Strife in the Family As Cause of Child's Illness
5. A History of Madness
6. The Professional as Kinsman
7. Marriage and the Father's Blessing
8. The Clan as Patient

PART THREE: THE LOGIC OF THERAPEUTIC SYSTEMS An
Introductory Note
9. The Jural Status of Therapy in Kongo Society
10.
Interpreting Symptoms
11. Contemporary Systems of Popular Medicine in Lower Zaire
12. Toward an
Integrated Medicine

Appendix A. Episodes of Case Studies Reported in Chapters 3-8
Appendix B. Herbarium of Medicinal Plants Bibliography of Works Cited Glossary-
Index