The Development of Modern Medicine in Non-Western Countries: Historical Perspectives (Royal Asiatic

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Author : Hormoz Ebrahimnejad
Genre : Medical

Summary : The history of medicine in non-European countries has often been characterized by the study of their native "traditional" medicine, such as (Galenico-)Islamic medicine, and Ayurvedic or Chinese medicine. Modern medicine in these countries, on the other hand, has usually been viewed as a Western corp

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Author : Elisabetta Iob
Genre : History

Summary : The Partition of India in 1947 involved the division of two provinces, Bengal and the Punjab, based on district-wise Hindu or Muslim majorities. The Partition displaced between 10 and 12 million people along religious lines. This book provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the resettlemen

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Author : Tommaso Bobbio
Genre : History

Summary : Urbanisation is rapidly changing the geographic and social landscape of India, and indeed Asia as a whole. Issues of collective violence, urban poverty and discrimination become crucial factors in the redefinition of citizenship not only in legal terms, but also in a cultural and socio-economic dime

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Author : Barbara Brend
Genre : Art

Summary : This study focuses on a particular manuscript of Firdausi's epic poem the Shahnamah produced in the late 1440s for the Timurid Muhammad Juki, seventh son of Shah Rukh. The manuscript contains thirty-one exquisite miniature paintings depicting scenes from the epic and is regarded by some as the fines

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Author : Helaine Selin
Genre : Science

Summary : Here, at last, is the massively updated and augmented second edition of this landmark encyclopedia. It contains approximately 1000 entries dealing in depth with the history of the scientific, technological and medical accomplishments of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. The entries c

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Author : Arthur James Wells
Genre : Bibliography, National

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Author : Helaine Selin
Genre : Medical

Summary : This work deals with the medical knowledge and beliefs of cultures outside of the United States and Europe. In addition to articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Indian, Egyptian, and Tibetan medicine, the book includes essays on comparing Chinese and western me