Format:
1 Online-Ressource (1 online resource)
Edition:
[Online-Ausgabe]
ISBN:
9789048501243
Series Statement:
IIAS Publications 2
Content:
By the end of the 19th century, British imperial medical officers and Christian medical missionaries had introduced Western medicine to Tibet, Sikkim, and Bhutan. Their Footprints Remain uses archival sources, personal letters, diaries, and oral sources in order to tell the fascinating story of how this once-new medical system became imbedded in the Himalayas. Of interest to anyone with an interest in medical history and anthropology, as well as the Himalayan world, this volume not only identifies the individuals involved and describes how they helped to spread this form of imperialist medicine, but also discusses its reception by a local people whose own medical practices were based on an entirely different understanding of the world
Content:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Maps and Tables -- Glossary -- Introduction -- 1. Missionary Medicine and the Rise of Kalimpong -- 2. Sikkim: Imperial Stepping-stone to Tibet -- 3. Biomedicine and Buddhist Medicine in Tibet -- 4. Medical myths and Tibetan trends -- 5. Bhutan: A Later Development -- 6. The Choice of Systems -- Conclusions -- Appendix: Attendance at Gyantse and Yatung IMS dispensaries -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Note:
restricted access online access with authorization star
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Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
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In English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789053565186
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als print ISBN 9789053565186
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9789048501243
URL:
http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
