Malay Poisons and Charm Cures
Gimlette, John D.![Malay Poisons and Charm Cures](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/120/12084018/CHSBZCOP0312084018.jpg)
First published almost a century ago, Malay Poisons and Charm Cures remains a classic and still definitive reference on the pharmacopoeia and practices of Malay healers, shamans (bomoh) and sorcerers (pawing). Gimlette, a British physician, resided in the Malay State of Kelantan for over a decade, during which he gathered the data that comprises the core of this work. Intended as a medical reference for the Colonial Administration, Gimlette's ...