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17 produkter
Medical Anthropology in Europe
Shaping the Field
Av Elisabeth Hsu, Caroline Potter
Häftad, 2020
648 kr
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This collection brings together three generations of medical anthropologists working at European universities to reflect on past, current and future directions of the field. Medical anthropology emerged on an international playing ground, and while other recently compiled anthologies emphasize …
Innovation in Chinese Medicine
Häftad, 2011
737 kr
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In the West ideas about Chinese medicine are commonly associated with traditional therapies and ancient practices which have survived, unchanging, since time immemorial. Originally published in 2001, this volume, edited by Elizabeth Hsu, demonstrates that this is far from the reality. In a series …
Pulse Diagnosis in Early Chinese Medicine
The Telling Touch
Inbunden, 2010
1598 kr
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This is a study of the earliest extensive account of Chinese pulse diagnosis, or more accurately, the examination of mai. Dr Hsu focuses on a biography of Chunyu Yi, a doctor of the early Han, and presents the first complete translation into English of the Memoir in the Historical Records by Sima …
The Transmission of Chinese Medicine
Häftad, 1999
471 kr
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This is one of the first studies of traditional medical education in an Asian country. Conducting extensive fieldwork in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan Province in the People's Republic of China, Elisabeth Hsu became the disciple of, a Qigong master a scholarly private practitioner, who almost …
Plants, Health and Healing
On the Interface of Ethnobotany and Medical Anthropology
Av Elisabeth Hsu, Stephen Harris
Häftad, 2012
527 kr
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...the book offers a platform to raise thought-provoking questions and encourages in-depth analyses to bridge the gulf between ethnobotany and medical anthropology...Highly recommended. Choice The tantalising and rather eclectic selection of edited chapters takes the reader around the world …
Body in Balance
Humoral Medicines in Practice
Av Peregrine Horden, Elisabeth Hsu
Inbunden, 2013
1936 kr
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Focusing on practice more than theory, this collection offers new perspectives for studying the so-called "humoral medical traditions," as they have flourished around the globe during the last 2,000 years. Exploring notions of "balance" in medical cultures across Eurasia, Africa and the Americas, …
Body in Balance
Humoral Medicines in Practice
Av Elisabeth Hsu, Peregrine Horden
E-bok, 2013
335 kr
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Focusing on practice more than theory, this collection offers new perspectives for studying the so-called “humoral medical traditions,” as they have flourished around the globe during the last 2,000 years. Exploring notions of “balance” in medical cultures across Eurasia, Africa and the Americas, …
Pulse Diagnosis in Early Chinese Medicine
The Telling Touch
Häftad, 2018
672 kr
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This is a study of the earliest extensive account of Chinese pulse diagnosis, or more accurately, the examination of mai. Dr Hsu focuses on a biography of Chunyu Yi, a doctor of the early Han, and presents the first complete translation into English of the Memoir in the Historical Records by Sima …
Medical Anthropology in Europe
Shaping the Field
Av Elisabeth Hsu, Caroline Potter
Inbunden, 2014
764 kr
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This collection brings together three generations of medical anthropologists working at European universities to reflect on past, current and future directions of the field. Medical anthropology emerged on an international playing ground, and while other recently compiled anthologies emphasize …
Medical Anthropology in Europe
Shaping the Field
Av Caroline Potter, Elisabeth Hsu
E-bok, 2016
768 kr
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This collection brings together three generations of medical anthropologists working at European universities to reflect on past, current and future directions of the field. Medical anthropology emerged on an international playing ground, and while other recently compiled anthologies emphasize …
Medical Anthropology in Europe
Shaping the Field
Av Caroline Potter, Elisabeth Hsu
E-bok, 2016
785 kr
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This collection brings together three generations of medical anthropologists working at European universities to reflect on past, current and future directions of the field. Medical anthropology emerged on an international playing ground, and while other recently compiled anthologies emphasize …
Wind, Life, Health
Anthropological and Historical Perspectives
Häftad, 2007
288 kr
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Published as part of The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute Special Issue Book Series, and through a series of thought-provoking articles, Wind, Life, Health: Anthropological and Historical Perspectives examines the richness of human ideas surrounding wind in all its manifestations - …
Body in Balance
Humoral Medicines in Practice
Av Peregrine Horden, Elisabeth Hsu
Häftad, 2015
543 kr
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Focusing on practice more than theory, this collection offers new perspectives for studying the so-called “humoral medical traditions,” as they have flourished around the globe during the last 2,000 years. Exploring notions of “balance” in medical cultures across Eurasia, Africa and the Americas, …
Chinese Medicine in East Africa
An Intimacy with Strangers
Inbunden, 2022
2056 kr
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Based on fieldwork conducted between 2001-2008 in urban East Africa, this book explores who the patients, practitioners and paraprofessionals doing Chinese medicine were in this early period of renewed China-Africa relations. Rather than taking recourse to the ‘placebo effect’, the author explains …
Chinese Medicine in East Africa
An Intimacy with Strangers
Häftad, 2025
450 kr
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Based on fieldwork conducted between 2001-2008 in urban East Africa, this book explores who the patients, practitioners and paraprofessionals doing Chinese medicine were in this early period of renewed China-Africa relations. Rather than taking recourse to the ‘placebo effect’, the author explains …
Plants, Health and Healing
On the Interface of Ethnobotany and Medical Anthropology
Av Elisabeth Hsu, Stephen Harris
Inbunden, 2010
1921 kr
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Plants have cultural histories, as their applications change over time and with place. Some plant species have affected human cultures in profound ways, such as the stimulants tea and coffee from the Old World, or coca and quinine from South America. Even though medicinal plants have always …
Plants, Health and Healing
On the Interface of Ethnobotany and Medical Anthropology
Av Stephen Harris, Elisabeth Hsu
E-bok, 2010
326 kr
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Plants have cultural histories, as their applications change over time and with place. Some plant species have affected human cultures in profound ways, such as the stimulants tea and coffee from the Old World, or coca and quinine from South America. Even though medicinal plants have always …
