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Dermatological Fact and Fiction Amongst the Venda

C. M. ROSS, MB, ChB, MRCP, FRFPS; N. J. VAN WARMELO, PhD

Arch Dermatol. 1965;91(6):640-644.

Abstract
Bantu tribes living in relatively isolated areas in the Republic of South Africa still retain many customs and practices which derive from their ethnic origin.

Their beliefs, hygiene, and diet having a bearing on the incidence and distribution of the skin diseases from which they suffer, and on the primitive and picturesque methods of treatment which they employ.

The present study relates to observations made during visits to the homeland of one such tribe, the Venda, who live just within the Tropic of Capracorn, close to the border between South Africa and Southern Rhodesia.

Author Affiliations
PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA

From the Department of Dermatology, Boksburg-Benoni Hospital, Boksburg, South Africa (Dr. Ross). Bantu Administration Department, PO Box 384, Pretoria, South Africa (Dr. Van Warmelo).

Footnotes
Accepted for publication Nov 12, 1964.

Reprint requests to 303 Medical Centre, Pretorius Street, Pretoria, South Africa, (Dr. C. M. Ross).

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