Medical Connections and Exchanges in the Early Modern World

Medical Connections and Exchanges in the Early Modern World

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For most of human history there have been extensive exchanges of medical information all over Eurasia. Some diseases were considered to be geographically determined, and hence had to be cured using local knowledge. Other ailments were found in many places, but cures could differ according to locatio...

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Main Author: Michael Naylor Pearson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UTS ePRESS 2011-12-01
Series:PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies
Subjects:
Medical history
Portuguese Goa
folk medicine
healers
Islamic medicine
Online Access:http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/portal/article/view/1643
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spelling doaj-00025f49c12f45e7b35b0fb8ca16806b2020-11-24T21:13:57ZengUTS ePRESSPORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies1449-24902011-12-0182Medical Connections and Exchanges in the Early Modern WorldMichael Naylor PearsonFor most of human history there have been extensive exchanges of medical information all over Eurasia. Some diseases were considered to be geographically determined, and hence had to be cured using local knowledge. Other ailments were found in many places, but cures could differ according to location. Most healers, whether book based or experiential, took a non-judgemental approach to different healing methods, as seen especially in India in the early colonial period.http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/portal/article/view/1643Medical historyPortuguese Goafolk medicinehealersIslamic medicine
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Medical Connections and Exchanges in the Early Modern World
PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies
Medical history
Portuguese Goa
folk medicine
healers
Islamic medicine
author_facet Michael Naylor Pearson
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title Medical Connections and Exchanges in the Early Modern World
title_short Medical Connections and Exchanges in the Early Modern World
title_full Medical Connections and Exchanges in the Early Modern World
title_fullStr Medical Connections and Exchanges in the Early Modern World
title_full_unstemmed Medical Connections and Exchanges in the Early Modern World
title_sort medical connections and exchanges in the early modern world
publisher UTS ePRESS
series PORTAL: Journal of Multidisciplinary International Studies
issn 1449-2490
publishDate 2011-12-01
description For most of human history there have been extensive exchanges of medical information all over Eurasia. Some diseases were considered to be geographically determined, and hence had to be cured using local knowledge. Other ailments were found in many places, but cures could differ according to location. Most healers, whether book based or experiential, took a non-judgemental approach to different healing methods, as seen especially in India in the early colonial period.
topic Medical history
Portuguese Goa
folk medicine
healers
Islamic medicine
url http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/portal/article/view/1643
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