Word: symon
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...case was serious enough to warrant a specialist, so into the Nairobi headquarters of the African Physicians' Association strode Dr. Symon Thuita to handle it. As Dr. Thuita well knew, the best way to begin any examination is by taking the patient's pulse. "If the pulse leaps like a frog," he explained, "the problem is in the throat. If it jumps like a cow, it is in the gastric system, and if it is smooth as a snake, then it is in the belly...
Tools of the Trade. Symon Thuita is an M'ganga, which is Swahili for witch doctor, and he is one of Kenya's best. His adept handling of the Nairobi nightmare case marked another step forward for the fledgling A.P.A. Its ultimate aim is to mold the new republic's 6,000 witch doctors, as well as 100 or more Indian ayurvedics, or herbalists, into a kind of copy of the American Medical Association which will carry black magic into the 20th century, just as Africa's politicians have done for tribalism...
...Died. Symon Gould, 70, founder (in 1948) and 1960 presidential candidate of the American Vegetarian Party, who militantly opposed the killing of animals for sustenance, sport or style...
...SYMON GOULD Director