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 had introduced Western medicine to Tibet, Sikkim, and Bhutan. <i>Their Footprints Remain</i> uses archival sources, personal letters, diaries, and oral sources in order to tell the fascin...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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[Amsterdam] :
Amsterdam University Press
c2007.
Amsterdam : [2007] |
| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | IIAS publications series. Monographs ;
1. |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427560406719 |
| Summary: | By the end of the 19th century, British imperial medical officers and Christian medical missionaries had introduced Western medicine to Tibet, Sikkim, and Bhutan. <i>Their Footprints Remain</i> 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. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2021). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (302 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) Also available in print form |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781281284242 9786611284244 9789048501243 |
