Tahzib F, Daniel S O
Lancet. 1986 Jul 26;2(8500):203-4. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(86)92499-2.
Experience in Sokoto suggests that traditional medicine can be successfully introduced as a distinct academic discipline into the curriculum of a modern African medical school. The importance of such a step lies in two facts. Firstly, for the foreseeable future most people in developing countries will turn to traditional medicine at times of sickness, so modern doctors should be acquainted with its principles and methods. Secondly, within traditional medicine there is a body of important knowledge that needs to be explored and studied. If exposed early and gradually to the subject, medical students are likely to become more effective both as health workers and as contributors to medical science.
索科托的经验表明，传统医学可以作为一门独特的学科成功引入现代非洲医学院的课程。这一步骤的重要性体现在两个事实上。首先，在可预见的未来，大多数发展中国家的人在生病时会求助于传统医学，因此现代医生应该熟悉其原理和方法。其次，传统医学中有大量重要知识需要探索和研究。如果医学生能尽早并逐步接触该学科，他们作为卫生工作者以及医学科学贡献者可能会变得更有成效。
