THE ARTICLE IS AN APPROACH ABOUT THE POINTS OF INTERSECTION BETWEEN WESTERN THOUGHT AND THE CONCEPTION OF ORIGINATING PEOPLES ABOUT THE MEANING ATTRIBUTED TO DISEASE AND HEALING. IN VIEW OF THIS, OUR CENTRAL OBJETIVE IS TO ESTABLISH RELATIONS BETWEEN THESE TWO KNOWLEDGE, SIGNALING THEIR DISSONANCES AND SYMMETRIES. IT WAS NECESSARY CUT OUT BECAUSE IT POINT PRACTICES THAT CONCERN A MULTIPLICITY...