title: [Use of human body parts in the preparation of "protective medicine" in Lesotho. Parallels between African preventive medicine and drug preparations in Western paramedicine].
abstract: Special situations in life require very strong "protective medicine" which then has to contain human flesh. Such ingredients are obtained by so called medicine murder. Post-mortem examination on the victim, which in this case a difficult task, has to be performed by the medical officer in the District Hospitals of Lesotho. The exclusion of medicine murder has a calming effect on the community. Analysing the rationale of such medicine brings parallels to paramedical practice in our country.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Stallmach
authors.forename: I
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authors.lastname: Stallmach
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Leithoff
mesh_terms: D002423:Cause of Death; D000529:Complementary Therapies; D003906:Developing Countries; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D007927:Lesotho; D008519:Medicine, Traditional; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*
vernacular_title: Verwendung menschlicher Teile in der Zubereitung von "protective medicine" in Lesotho. Parallelen zwischen afrikanischer Schutzmedizin and Arzneimittelpräparationen der westlichen Paramedizin.