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

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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, Indian, Egyptian, and Tibetan medicine, the book includes essays on comparing Chinese and western medicine and religion and medicine. The essays address the connections between medicine and culture and relate the medical practices to the cultures which produced them. Each essay is well illustrated and contains an extensive bibliography. Because the geographic range is global, the book fills a gap in both the history of medicine and in cultural studies. It should find a place on the bookshelves of advanced undergraduate students, graduate students, and scholars, as well as in libraries serving those groups. Continuity, Change, and Challenge in African Medicine....Pages 1-26 Medicine in Ancient Egypt....Pages 27-47 Medicine in Ancient China....Pages 49-73 Āyurveda....Pages 75-83 Cultural Perspectives on Traditional Tibetan Medicine....Pages 85-113 Traditional Thai Medicine....Pages 115-132 Oriental Medicine in Korea....Pages 133-153 Globalization and Cultures of Biomedicine: Japan and North America....Pages 155-173 Traditional Aboriginal Health Practice in Australia....Pages 175-189 When Helaing Cultures Collide: A Case From the Pacific....Pages 191-207 Native American Medicine: Herbal Pharmacology, Therapies, and Elder Care....Pages 209-224 Lords of the Medicine Bag: Medical Science and Traditional Practice in Ancient Peru and South America....Pages 225-257 Medicine In Ancient Mesoamerica....Pages 259-283 Healing Relationships in the African Caribbean....Pages 285-303 Medicine in Ancient Hebrew and Jewish Cultures....Pages 305-324 Islamic Medicines: Perspectives on the Greek Legacy in the History of Islamic Medical Traditions in West Asia....Pages 325-350 How Different are Western and Chinese Medicine? The Case of Nerves....Pages 351-372 Religion and Medicine....Pages 373-384 The Relation Between Medical States and Soul Beliefs Among Tribal Peoples....Pages 385-395