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Their footprints remain : biomedical beginnings across the Indo-Tibetan frontier /
"By the end of the 19th century, British imperial medical officers and Christian medical missionaries began to introduce 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 stor...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Amsterdam] :
Amsterdam University Press,
©2007.
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| Colección: | IIAS publications series. Monographs ;
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "By the end of the 19th century, British imperial medical officers and Christian medical missionaries began to introduce 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"--Publisher's description |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (302 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9789048501243 9048501245 9781281284242 1281284246 9786611284244 6611284249 |