| from cnidarians to mammals: the use of animals as remedies in fishing communities in ne brazil. | this work documents zootherapeutic practices in northeast brazil. it is primarily based on field surveys carried out in fishing villages located in the states of maranhão and paraíba, where 60 respondents (38 men and 22 women) provided information on animal species used as medicine, body parts used to prepare the remedies and illnesses to which the remedies were prescribed. a total of 100 animal species (72 families), distributed in 12 taxonomic categories, was used as medicine. zootherapeutic r ... | 2006 | 16621379 |