Taming the Poisonous : : Mercury, Toxicity, and Safety in Tibetan Medical Practice / / Barbara Gerke.
This rich ethnographic and socio-historical account uncovers how toxicity and safety are expressed transculturally in a globalizing world. For the first time, it unpacks the "pharmaceutical nexus" of mercury in Tibetan medicine (Sowa Rigpa) where, since the thirteenth century, it has mainl...
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| Superior document: | Heidelberg studies on transculturality |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Heidelberg : : Heidelberg University Publishing (heiUP),, 2021. |
| Publicatiejaar: | 2021 |
| Taal: | English |
| Reeks: | Heidelberg studies on transculturality.
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| Fysieke beschrijving: | 1 online resource (v, 379 pages) :; illustrations (chiefly color), color maps, portraits. |
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