A HISTORICAL STUDY OF INDIGENOUS AND MODERN HEALTH CARE PRACTICES IN IJARE, ONDO STATE, 1960-2023

This study assessed a historical study of indigenous and modern health care practices in Ijare. The study was structured under five chapters. The first chapter which began the study delved into the background to the study, its objectives, focus and scope, justification ans significance of the study, methodology and a review of relevant literatures that captured the essence and themes related to the study. The second chapter focused on the geography of Ijare, origin, political and socio-economic organisation of the people of Ijare. The third chapter examined the historical study of indigenous and modern health care practices in Ijare sub-divided into four sub-headings which are; the nexus between indigenous Health care practices and Modern Health care practices in Ijare, Indigenous Health Care Practices in Ijare, Modern Health Care Practices in Ijare and Complementary Roles of Indigenous and Modern Health Care Practices in Ijare. Chapter four focuses on the impact of indigenous and modern health care practices in Ijare while chapter five captured the summary, conclusion and bibliography. The general theme in this study was that indigenous health care practices in Ijare has been long in existence even before the advent of missionaries and later colonial rule in the town. Despite the introduction of modern health care practices in the town, indigenous health care practices remain relevant among the people and plays complementary roles. The effective treatment of fractures, convulsion, epilepsy and poison proved that the indigenous health care practices by its practitioners in Ijare have made great impact in promoting the health of the indigenes of the town as discussed in the study.