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Histories of medicine and healing in the Indian Ocean world. Volume one, The medieval and early modern period [electronic resource] / edited by Anna Winterbottom and Facil Tesfaye.

Winterbottom, Anna, 1979- editor.; Tesfaye, Facil, editor.
2016
R605 .W46 2016eb
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Title
Histories of medicine and healing in the Indian Ocean world. Volume one, The medieval and early modern period [electronic resource] / edited by Anna Winterbottom and Facil Tesfaye.
ISBN
9781137567574 (electronic book)
1137567570 (electronic book)
9781137567604
1137567600
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137567574
Published
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (x, 204 pages).
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10.1057/9781137567574 doi
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R605 .W46 2016eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
615.8/8091824
Summary
This interdisciplinary work presents essays on disease and medicine in the Indian Ocean World, spanning over a millennium. It is the first work on medical history in the region. Themes include medical theory, concepts of fertility, material culture, healing, diplomacy, and colonialism, public health, slavery, migrant labour, and medicine.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 4, 2016).
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Winterbottom, Anna, 1979- editor.
Tesfaye, Facil, editor.
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Palgrave series in Indian Ocean world studies.
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Histories of medicine and healing in the Indian Ocean world. Volume one, The medieval and early modern period.
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