Introduction: Refocusing On Tibetan Medicine
Mona Schrempf |
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| Part One: Tibetan Medicine and Modernity |
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Himalayan Medical Encounters: The Establishment Of Biomedicine In Tibet And In Indian Exile
Alex McKay |
9 |
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Integrating Abstraction: Modernising Medicine At Lhasa's Mentsikhang
Vicanne Adams |
29 |
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Sa Cha 'Di Ma 'Phrod Na... Displacement And Traditional Tibetan Medicine Among Tibetan Refugees In India
Audrey Prost |
45 |
Sherpa Beliefs And Western Medicine: Providing Health Care At Khunde Hospital, Nepal
Susan Heydon |
65 |
| Part Two: Transmission, Professionalisation, and Issues of Identity |
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Bon Lineage Doctors And The Local Transmission Of Knowing Medical Practice In Nagchu
Mona Schrempf |
91 |
A Crisis Of Confidence: A Comparison Between Shifts In Tibetan Medical Education In Nepal And Tibet
Sienna Craig |
127 |
Making A Medical Living: On The Monetisation Of Tibetan Medicine In Spiti
Florian Besch |
155 |
The Land Of Milk And Barley: Medicinal Plants, Staple Foods, And Discourses Of Subjectivity In Rgyal Thang
Denise Glover |
171 |
| Part Three: Bodies, Spirit(s), and Illness |
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Engaging The Subtle Body: Re-Approaching Bla Rituals In The Himalaya
Barbara Gerke |
191 |
Spirit Causation And Illness In Tibetan Medicine
Geoffrey Samuel |
213 |
'Life-Wind Illness' In Tibetan Medicine: Depression, Generalised Anxiety, And Panic Attack
Eric Jacobson |
225 |
Tibetan Medicine And The Classification And Treatment Of Mental Illness
Colin Millard |
247 |
'Magical Movements' ('Phrul 'Khor) In The Bon Tradition And Possible Applications As A CIM (Complementary and Integrative Medicine) Therapy
M. Alejandro Chaoul |
285 |
| Part Four: History of Tibetan Medicine |
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An Early Tibetan History Of Indian Medicine
Dan Martin |
307 |
Tibetan And Chinese Pulse Diagnostics: A Comparison�With Special Reference To Locations For Pulse Taking
Yan Zhen and Cai Jingfeng |
327 |
The Making Of The Blue Beryl � Some Remarks On The Textual Sources Of The Famous Commentary Of Sangye Gyatsho (1653�1705)
Olaf Czaja |
345 |
Preliminary Investigations Into New Oral And Textual Sources On Byang Lugs � The 'Northern School' Of Tibetan Medicine
Theresia Hofer |
373 |
Embryology And Embodiment In Tibetan Literature: Narrative Epistemology And The Rhetoric Of Identity
Frances Garrett |
411 |
Brief Outlook: Desiderata In The Study Of The History Of Tibetan Medicine
Henk Blezer et al. |
427 |
