Maya medicine
Kunow, Marianna Appel, 1958-
Maya medicine traditional healing in Yucatan / [electronic resource] : Marianna Appel Kunow. - 1st ed. - Albuquerque, N.M. : University of New Mexico Press, c2003 - 1 online resource (1 electronic text (vii, 152 p.) :) ill., digital file. - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-145) and indexes.
1. Introduction and setting -- 2. The Yucatecan sources -- 3. Portraits of the curers -- 4. Acquiring curing skills -- 5. Exploring the spectrum of curing specialties : common practices -- 6. Common treatments and traditional concepts of disease and its cause -- 7. Relation to colonial sources -- 8. Conclusion -- Illustrations -- Appendix A. Plant catalog -- Appendix B. Plants with uses similar to Roys (1931) -- Glossary.
"This book traces the entire process of curing. The author collected plants with traditional healers and observed their techniques including prayer and massage as well as plant medicine, western medicine, and ritual practices. Plant medicine, she found, was the common denominator, and her book includes information of the plants she worked with and studied"--Book jacket.
9780826328663 0826328660
Healers--Mexico--Piste.
Mayas--Ethnobotany--Mexico--Yucatán (State)
Mayas--Medicine--Mexico--Yucatán (State)
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
F1435.3.M4 / K86 2003
615.8/8/097265
Maya medicine traditional healing in Yucatan / [electronic resource] : Marianna Appel Kunow. - 1st ed. - Albuquerque, N.M. : University of New Mexico Press, c2003 - 1 online resource (1 electronic text (vii, 152 p.) :) ill., digital file. - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .
Issued as part of UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-145) and indexes.
1. Introduction and setting -- 2. The Yucatecan sources -- 3. Portraits of the curers -- 4. Acquiring curing skills -- 5. Exploring the spectrum of curing specialties : common practices -- 6. Common treatments and traditional concepts of disease and its cause -- 7. Relation to colonial sources -- 8. Conclusion -- Illustrations -- Appendix A. Plant catalog -- Appendix B. Plants with uses similar to Roys (1931) -- Glossary.
"This book traces the entire process of curing. The author collected plants with traditional healers and observed their techniques including prayer and massage as well as plant medicine, western medicine, and ritual practices. Plant medicine, she found, was the common denominator, and her book includes information of the plants she worked with and studied"--Book jacket.
9780826328663 0826328660
Healers--Mexico--Piste.
Mayas--Ethnobotany--Mexico--Yucatán (State)
Mayas--Medicine--Mexico--Yucatán (State)
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
F1435.3.M4 / K86 2003
615.8/8/097265