Traces the history of western medicine through the lives of its major contributors, profiling such well-known figures as Hippocrates and Louis Pasteur, as well

One of the first medical ethnographies to be written on contemporary Vietnam, Familiar Medicine examines the practical ways in which people of the Red River Del

The best-selling divination system--over 1,000,000 copies sold worldwide--revised and expanded for the first time.

Describes the advances that today's scientific community is making to ensure that the safest decisions are made in all medical situations.

Herbal and Magical Medicine draws on perspectives from folklore, anthropology, psychology, medicine, and botany to describe the traditional medical beliefs and