Unani Medicine in the Making Practices and Representations in 21st-century India /
In Unani Medicine in the Making, Kira Schmidt Stiedenroth examines the contemporary institutions and practices of Graeco-Islamic healing in India. Drawing on interviews with practitioners, clinical observations, and Urdu sources, the book focuses on Unani's multiplicity, scrutinizing apparent t...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2020
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| Series: | Social studies in Asian medicine.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- A system of medicine?
- Authority, originality, and the limits of standardization
- Beyond humouralism
- The appropriation of modern scientific advances and concepts
- Science and the quest for acceptance and recognition
- Unani medicine and Muslims in India.
