Medical Pluralism is by now recognized as a reality in many countries. Studies, however, bringing together anthropologists and historians working on this subject are still rare. A comparative view on
Little attention has been paid so far to understanding the transmission of health knowledge from the different health agents to the various target groups. Knowledge areas include chronic disease, comm
Drawing on casebooks and other practice records and linking case studies with synthetic chapters,Medical Practices, 1600-1900 offers a detailed and comprehensive account of the changing nature of ordi
