Cameron, M. M.

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.

9781498594233 (cloth : alk. paper)

2019006801


Medicine, Ayurvedic--Nepal.
Physicians--History.--Nepal

R605 / .C36 2019

610.95496

WZ 70JN4