Beitr Gerichtl Med. 1989 ; 47(): 1-5.

[Use of human body parts in the preparation of "protective medicine" in Lesotho. Parallels between African preventive medicine and drug preparations in Western paramedicine]

Stallmach T, Stallmach I, Leithoff H.

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.