Some diseases and their treatments

ABSTRACT

"Onwuejeogwu and Okoro recognized three categories of traditional medical practitioners according to their specific functions 1. ""Dibia Afa"" - specialist in the processes of divination. They were essentially priests who attributed their successes to the ""voices"" of deities (arusi); ancestors or spirit (mmuo) in response to incantations and the throwing of ""afa seeds""."