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Intersections: History, memory
 

Intersections: History, memory

By Lals, Brij

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This book is something special as even a quick glance at some of the comments it has already received will tell you...... A wonderfully rich, insightful and personally touching collection of essays by the Pacific region's most prolific and engaging historian. Brij Lal writes e ...

ISBN 9780646562070
Published Wheelers - South Pacific
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Leprosy and Stigma in the South Pacific: A Region-by-Region History with First Person Accounts

Leprosy and Stigma in the South Pacific: A Region-by-Region History with First Person Accounts (Trade Paperback/Paperback)

By McMenamin, Dorothy

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The long-lasting effects of leprosy are still evident in various parts of the world. This book details the personal experiences of people in Fiji, New Caledonia, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu, the majority of whom contracted leprosy as children. It recounts how the victims were subjec ...

ISBN 9780786463237
Published 15 September 2011
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Tongan Herbal Medicine
   

Tongan Herbal Medicine (Paperback)

By Whistler, Arthur W.

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An account of the practice of herbal medicine in the Kingdom of Tonga. Traces the major changes that have occurred since the Europeans' first contact with the islands up to the present day.

ISBN 9780824815271
Published 31 January 1993 by University of Hawai'i Press
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Traditional Medicine Of The Marshall Islands
   

Traditional Medicine Of The Marshall Islands (Paperback)

By Taafaki, Irene

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This lavishly illustrated book, the result of a collaboration of nine expert Marshallese healers, members of clans who possess their own special medicines, and numerous others familiar with folk or general remedies, describes more than 270 traditional med

ISBN 9789820203785
Published 15 February 2008 by Institute of Pacific Studies
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Doctor In Vanuatu
  

Doctor In Vanuatu (Paperback)

By Freeman

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For seven years in the 1960's, Ted Freeman was the doctor in charge of the main practicing and training hospital of the New Hebrides - what is today Vanuatu.

ISBN 9789820203808
Published 20 July 2009 by South Pacific Books Ltd
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Illness And Cure In Tonga - Traditional And Modern Medical Practice
  

Illness And Cure In Tonga - Traditional And Modern Medical Practice (Paperback)

By Fanua Bloomfield, Siosiane

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Siosiane Fanua Bloomfield looks at tradional cures and thier practioners in Tongatapu and the remote Niuas of Tonga, in her study, which has a special emphasis on maternal and child health, and family planning.As she examines values and belief systems rel

ISBN 9789822130058
Published 3 June 2008 by South Pacific Books Ltd
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The Sacred Plant Medicine of Aotearoa. Volume 1
 

The Sacred Plant Medicine of Aotearoa. Volume 1 (Paperback)

By Ofsoske-Wyber, Franchelle

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Holistic healing manual with New Zealand native flower, fern, tree, seed and plant essences. This book is the 'definitive ethnobotanical reference that restores the ancient teachings of indigenous medicine that are the basis of the sacred plant medicine of Aotearoa

ISBN 9780473156404
Published 4 December 2009
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Nursing Navigators: Pacific Nurses Share their Stories
 

Nursing Navigators: Pacific Nurses Share their Stories (Paperback)

By Fitzsimons, Michael

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This publication is dedicated to a number of Pasifika nurses who have made a sustained contribution to the health and well being of Pacific peoples both within the New Zealand context, (and) also in their repectives homelands.

ISBN 9780473202255
Published 1 December 2011 by Pasifika Medical Association
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William and Lawrence Bragg, Father and Son: The Most Extraordinary Collaboration in Science

William and Lawrence Bragg, Father and Son: The Most Extraordinary Collaboration in Science (Paperback)

By Jenkin, John

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This book is a joint biography of William and Lawrence Bragg, who reshaped science in the twentieth century with the development of X-ray crystallography, and by mentoring the mid-century discovery of the structure of DNA. Their stories are vivid examples of science teaching and ...

ISBN 9780199606702
Published 15 May 2011 by Oxford University Press
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Rough Medicine: Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail
 

Rough Medicine: Surgeons at Sea in the Age of Sail (Paperback)

By Druett, Joan

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Using diaries, journals and correspondence the author tells a fascinating story of remarkable men who shipped out as doctors on South Sea whalers in the early nineteenth century.

ISBN 9780415924528
Published 18 October 2001 by Taylor & Francis Ltd
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