Their footprints remain : : biomedical beginnings across the Indo-Tibetan frontier / / Alex McKay.

• Superior document: IIAS publications series. Monographs ; 1
• Author: McKay, Alex.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: IIAS publications series. Monographs ; 1.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (302 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 15 Jan 2021).
• Other title: 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
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references.
• ISBN: 1281284246; 9786611284244; 9048501245
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Alex McKay.

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.