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8vo, pp. vi, 449, [1]; yellow cloth boards, without dust jacket as issued; fine. "This volume attempts to break through [] simplified images [of Tibetan medicine] by bringing together and focusing on new anthropological and historical perspectives on Tibetan medicine. Part one of this volume deals with the diverse manner in which Tibetan medicine in China, in Indian exile and also in Nepal has been influenced by various impacts of modernities. Part Two deals with the topic of medical knowledge and its transmission, professionalisation, and questions of identity among Tibetans across geographical and national boundaries in diverse contexts of Tibetan culture. Part Three is dedicated to the theme of connections between various body images, practices, and cosmologies (especially belief in spirits) in Tibetan societies. Part Four is soly dedicated to important historical and philological aspects of Tibetan medicine." Brill's Tibetan Studies Library Volume 10/10.…