Book contents
- Frontmatter
- 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
- Frontmatter
- 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
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Their Footprints RemainBiomedical Beginnings Across the Indo-Tibetan Frontier, pp. 303 - 312Publisher: Amsterdam University PressPrint publication year: 2007