Title The African transformation of Western medicine and the dynamics of global cultural exchange / David Baronov

Published Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (x, 248 pages) Contents The origins of African biomedicine -- Dissecting Western medicine -- Biomedicine's civilizing mission -- African pluralistic medicine and its biomedical antecedents -- African biomedicine Summary How Western medicine has transformed?and been transformed by?African culture Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-239) and index Notes Print version record Subject Traditional medicine -- Africa Medicine -- Africa -- History -- 19th century Medicine -- Africa -- History -- 20th century Anthropology, Cultural -- Africa Medicine -- History. Ethnology. History of Medicine History, 19th Century Anthropology, Cultural History, 20th Century Medicine, African Traditional history of medicine. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Folklore & Mythology. MEDICAL -- History. Ethnology Medicine Traditional medicine SUBJECT Africa. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001531 Africa https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000349 Subject Africa Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781592139170 1592139175 1281973351 9781281973351

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