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

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

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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 fascin...

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Superior document:IIAS publications series. Monographs ; 1
:
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).
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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