Medicine Across Cultures History and Practice of Medicine in Non-Western Cultures

Medicine Across Cultures: The History and Practice of Medicine in Non-Western Cultures consists of 19 essays dealing with the medical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian,...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Selin, Helaine (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2003, 2003
Edition:1st ed. 2003
Series:Science Across Cultures: The History of Non-Western Science
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 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