Table of Contents

Continuity, Change, and Challenge in African Medicine.- Medicine in Ancient Egypt.- Medicine in Ancient China.- ?yurveda.- Cultural Perspectives on Traditional Tibetan Medicine.- Traditional Thai Medicine.- Oriental Medicine in Korea.- Globalization and Cultures of Biomedicine: Japan and North America.- Traditional Aboriginal Health Practice in Australia.- When Helaing Cultures Collide: A Case From the Pacific.- Native American Medicine: Herbal Pharmacology, Therapies, and Elder Care.- Lords of the Medicine Bag: Medical Science and Traditional Practice in Ancient Peru and South America.- Medicine In Ancient Mesoamerica.- Healing Relationships in the African Caribbean.- Medicine in Ancient Hebrew and Jewish Cultures.- Islamic Medicines: Perspectives on the Greek Legacy in the History of Islamic Medical Traditions in West Asia.- How Different are Western and Chinese Medicine? The Case of Nerves.- Religion and Medicine.- The Relation Between Medical States and Soul Beliefs Among Tribal Peoples.