Tag: medicine


  • Medicine men in ancient Egba society, took Osanyin as their deity and holders of the title bestowed in its cult formed a close association, like they do in Egypt, where advanced practice of medicine, as mentioned in Homer’s Oddysey, is said to have “left the rest of the world behind.” Notwithstanding the historical connection, which ought…

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  • Williams Davies, born to Saro parents in 1833, was one of the pioneer modern medical practitioners in Nigeria. His primary education was from a village school in Wellinton, Sierra Leone, where his Yoruba Sierra Leonean resident parents lived. From there, he entered in 1950, the Fourah Bay Institute in Freetown to train as a catechist.…

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