Show doctor finds something in cures of witchcraft london dr cicely williams one of the younger pioneer women doctors who nine years ago went to work on the gold coast once the white mans grave and led the attack of science on witch doctors declares those black mystery men still can give tips to western medicine some of their cures are genuine and convincing they undoubtedly have some effective treatment tor for tetanus she says dr williams describes the witch doctors methods as complicated but adds that they would repay i investigation vesti gation 11 writing in the lancet of the natives she says the african male is much addicted di acted to the habit of sitting in the shade shade and playing discussing his prowess or manufacturing political or litigious situations he is content to see his women folk heavily overworked on his farm or to pay wages to an alien laborer A wife is an investment one costs about 50 she works for her husband cooks his food cultivates his farm engages in petty trading and when there are children she goes home to her mother who brings them up |