| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 216 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-210) and index. |
| Contents |
Indigenous Medicine among the Bedouin in the Middle East -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Health and Health Services among the Bedouin in the Middle East -- Chapter 2. The Treatment of Human Ailments -- Chapter 3. General Treatments -- Chapter 4. "Don't Touch My Body" -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Summary |
Modern medicine has penetrated Bedouin tribes in the course of rapid urbanization and education, but when serious illnesses strike, particularly in the case of incurable diseases, even educated people turn to traditional medicine for a remedy. Over the course of 30 years, the author gathered data on traditional Bedouin medicine among pastoral-nomadic, semi-nomadic, and settled tribes. Based on interviews with healers, clients, and other active participants in treatments, this book will contribute to renewed thinking about a synthesis between traditional and modern medicine ' to their reciprocal enrichment. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Bedouins -- Medicine.
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Bedouins -- Medicine. |
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Traditional medicine -- Arab countries.
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Traditional medicine. |
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Arab countries. |
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Medicine, Arab.
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Middle East.
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Medicine, Arab. |
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Middle East Region. |
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Middle East. |
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Middle East. |
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MEDICAL -- Pharmacology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Abu-Rabia, Aref. Indigenous Medicine among the Bedouin in the Middle East 9781782386896 (DLC) 2015002049 (OCoLC)896862079 |
| ISBN |
9781782386902 (electronic book) |
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1782386904 (electronic book) |
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9781782386896 |
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1782386890 |
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