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050	0	0	_aR723 _b.K54 1995
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245	0	0	_aKnowledge and the scholarly medical traditions / _cedited by Don Bates.
246	3		_aKnowledge & the Scholarly Medical Traditions
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c1995.
300			_a1 online resource (xiii, 369 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
520			_aHowever much the three great traditions of medicine - Galenic, Chinese and Ayurvedic - differed from each other, they had one thing in common: scholarship. The foundational knowledge of each could only be acquired by careful study under teachers relying on ancient texts. Such medical knowledge is special, operating as it does in the realm of the most fundamental human experiences - health, disease, suffering, birth and death - and the credibility of healers is of crucial importance. Because of this, scholarly medical knowledge offers a rich field for the study of different cultural practices in the legitimation of knowledge generally. The contributors to this volume are all specialists in the history or anthropology of these traditions, and their essays range from historical investigations to studies of present-day practices.
650		0	_aMedicine _xPhilosophy.
650		0	_aMedical anthropology.
700	1		_aBates, Donald G. _q(Donald George), _d1933- _eeditor.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9780521480710
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511621666
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