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McKay Alex |
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Their footprints remain : biomedical beginnings across the Indo-Tibetan frontier / / Alex McKay |
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[Amsterdam], : Amsterdam University Press, c2007 |
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Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press, , [2007] |
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©2008 |
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9786611284244 |
9781281284242 |
1281284246 |
9789048501243 |
9048501245 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (302 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Collana |
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IIAS publications series. Monographs ; ; 1 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Medicine - History - 19th century |
Medicine - History - 20th century |
Tibet Autonomous Region (China) |
Sikkim (India) |
Bhutan |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2021). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- 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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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