For all who are interested in traditional medicine and the development of medical practices, this text by one of the world's leading Ethiopianists looks at the traditional and modern medicine as it evolved from 1800 to the present.

 

Richard Pankhurst, a prolific writer on Ethiopian history and culture, taught for many years at Addis Ababa where he founded the University's Institute of Ethiopian Studies. He was awarded the International Prize for Ethiopian Studies in 1974. He served for almost a decade as librarian of the Royal Asiatic Society in London, but is currently back at the Institute of Ethiopian Studies in Addis Ababa.

 

History, Medicine, Africa