Title | Medicine Across Cultures [electronic resource] : History and Practice of Medicine in Non-Western Cultures / edited by Helaine Selin |
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Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2003 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/0-306-48094-8 |
Descript | XXIV, 417 p. online resource |
Continuity, Change, and Challenge in African Medicine -- Medicine in Ancient Egypt -- Medicine in Ancient China -- ?yurveda -- Cultural Perspectives on Traditional Tibetan Medicine -- Traditional Thai Medicine -- Oriental Medicine in Korea -- Globalization and Cultures of Biomedicine: Japan and North America -- Traditional Aboriginal Health Practice in Australia -- When Helaing Cultures Collide: A Case From the Pacific -- Native American Medicine: Herbal Pharmacology, Therapies, and Elder Care -- Lords of the Medicine Bag: Medical Science and Traditional Practice in Ancient Peru and South America -- Medicine In Ancient Mesoamerica -- Healing Relationships in the African Caribbean -- Medicine in Ancient Hebrew and Jewish Cultures -- Islamic Medicines: Perspectives on the Greek Legacy in the History of Islamic Medical Traditions in West Asia -- How Different are Western and Chinese Medicine? The Case of Nerves -- Religion and Medicine -- The Relation Between Medical States and Soul Beliefs Among Tribal Peoples