ABSTRACT
Research into 'colonial' or 'imperial' medicine has made considerable progress in recent years, whilst the study of what is usually referred to as 'indigenous' or 'folk' medicine in colonized societies has received much less attention. This book redresses the balance by bringing together current critical research into medical pluralism during the last two centuries. It includes a rich selection of historical, anthropological and sociological case-studies that cover many different parts of the globe, ranging from New Zealand to Africa, China, South Asia, Europe and the USA.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter 1|18 pages
Plural medicine, tradition and modernity.
Historical and contemporary perspectives: views from below and from above
chapter 3|18 pages
In search of rational remedies: homoeopathy in nineteenth-century Bengal
Homoeopathy in nineteenth- century Bengal
chapter 5|19 pages
Categorising ‘African medicine’
The German discourse on East African healing practices, 1885–1918
chapter 8|23 pages
Kexue and guanxixue
Plurality, tradition and modernity in contemporary Chinese medicine
