Curare 39 (2016/01). Zeitschrift für Medizinethnologie - Journal of Medical Anthropology - The Human Body in Asian Texts an Images

Inhalt/Contents:

* The Authors in Curare 39(2016)1
* Klaus-Dieter Mathes: Preface
* Katharina Sabernig: Editorial

+++ Articles
* Natalia Bolsokhoeva: Tibetan Medical Illustrations from Atsagat Medical College and Other Anatomical Achievements of the Buryat Lama and Physician D. Endonov
* Katharina Sabernig: Anatomical Structures and the Structure of Anatomy in Tibetan Medicine. The Fourth Chapter of the Explanatory Tantra in its Commentaries
* Florian Ploberger: Anatomical Terms of the 27 Chapters of the Subsequent Tantra (Phyi mavi rgyud)
* Isabella Würthner: A Preliminary Study on the Function, Anatomy and Origin of the Term bsam-sevu in Tibetan Medical Literature
* Rudolf Pfister: On the Meditative Use of the Body Maps Found in the Composite Text "Songs of the Bodily Husk" (Ti ke ge)
* Wung Seok Cha & Hyuk Sang Jung [with assistance of Dong Ryul Kim, You Sang Baik & Tae Woo Kim]: Body Perceptions in East Asian Culture

+++ Bibliographical Survey
* Michael Balk: A Bibliographical Survey of Medical Literature in Tibetan language Based on the Post-war Holdings of the State Library in Berlin: A Strand of Pearls to Enlighten Researchers

+++ Report
* Stephan Kloos: Tibetan Medicine Committee Inaugural Conference. World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies, Xining, Qinghai (China), August 7-9, 2015

+++ Book Reviews
* Theresia Hofer (Ed) 2014. Bodies in Balance. The Art of Tibetan Medicine. New York [Vincanne Adams]
* Janet Gyatso. 2015. Being Human in a Buddhist World. New York. [Theresia Hofer]

+++ Zum Titelbild & Impressum
+++ Hinweise für Autoren/Instructions to Authors

Product details

• Assisted by: Katharin Sabernig (Editor), Katharina Sabernig (Editor)
• Publisher: VWB Vlg. F. Wissenschaft
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2016
• No. of pages: 104
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 238 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 275 g
• Illustrations: zahlreiche Abbildungen und Fotos
• Series: Curare. Zeitschrift für Ethnomedizin und transkulturelle Psychiatrie
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Holistic medicine; Alternativmedizin, Medizin / Naturheilkunde, Volksmedizin, Alternativmedizin, Psychiatrie - Psychiater, Ethnomedizin