Medical pluralism and homoeopathy in India and Germany (1810-2010) : a comparison of practices / edited by Martin Dinges.

Date:
2014
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Stuttgart : Steiner, 2014.

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250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Contents

East meets west : Johann M. Honigberger and medical pluralism through the eyes of a 19th century Transylvanian Saxon in India / Silvia Waisse -- Innovating indigeneity, reforming domesticity : nationalising homeopathy in Colonial Bengal / Shinjini Das -- Rethinking Asymmetries in the marketplace : medical Pluralism in Germany, 1869-1910 / Avi Sharma -- A homeopathic clinic in a multispeciality hospital : reflections from practice / Ameeta R. Manchanda -- Homeopathy in urban primary healthcare units of the delhi government : an assessment / Raj Kumar Manchanda, Surender Kumar Verma, Leena V. Chhatre, Harlem Kaur -- Nosopolitics : epistemic mangling and the creolization of contemporary ayurveda / Harish Naraindas -- The quest for another recognition : ethnography of an homeopath in Tamil Nadu / Hugues Dusausoit -- The patients' choice : how and why sick people used homeopathy in 19th century Munster / Marion Baschin -- Patients' trend in choosing the homeopathic medical system in India / Rahul Tewari, Ramachandran Valavan -- Medical pluralism and the patients' perspective in Germany : letters to "Natur und Median" (1992-2000) / Philipp Eisele -- Medical pluralism in a slum in Delhi : global medicine in a local garb? / Nupur Barua -- Pluralism, popularity and propaganda : narratives of lay practices of homeopathy in India / Krishna Soman -- Looking behind and ahead / William Sax -- Authors.

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Includes bibliographical references.

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    History of Medicine
    CDV.23
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  • 9783515104845
  • 3515104844