Knowledge and context in Tibetan medicine / / edited by William A. McGrath.

• Superior document: Brill's Tibetan Studies Library; volume43
• TeilnehmendeR: McGrath, William A.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden Boston : : BRILL,, 2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Tibetan Studies Library; volume43.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XX, 372 pages) :; illustraties ;; 25 cm.
• Other title: Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Navigating the Ocean of Tibetan Medical Literature /
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9004404449
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by William A. McGrath.

Knowledge and Context in Tibetan Medicine is a collection of ten essays in which a team of international scholars describe and interpret Tibetan medical knowledge. With subjects ranging from the relationship between Tibetan and Greco-Arab conceptions of the bodily humors, to the rebranding of Tibetan precious pills for cross-cultural consumption in the People’s Republic of China, each chapter explores representations and transformations of medical concepts across different historical, cultural, and/or intellectual contexts. Taken together this volume offers new perspectives on both well-known Tibetan medical texts and previously unstudied sources, blazing new trails and expanding the scope of the academic study of Tibetan medicine. Contributors include: Henk W.A. Blezer, Yang Ga, Tony Chui, Katharina Sabernig, Tawni Tidwell, Tsering Samdrup, Carmen Simioli, William A. McGrath, Susannah Deane and Barbara Gerke