Three fruits : Nepali ayurvedic doctors on health, nature, and social change /
Mary M. Cameron.
- xvii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Anthropology of well-being: individual, community, society .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Photographs -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction: ayurvedic doctors and ethnographic sensibility -- Within the field: history, practitioners, and frameworks -- Dr. Narendra Nath Tiwari, teacher and botanist -- Dr. Rishi Ram Koirala, healer -- Developing ayurveda -- Dr. Lokendra Man Singh, surgeon and visionary educator -- Gender, culture, science, and ayurvedic medicine: five women doctors -- Conclusion: ayurvedic medical expertise -- Glossary -- References -- Index.