Medical ethnobiology of the Highland Maya of Chiapas, Mexico : the gastrointestinal diseases /

Medical ethnobiology of the Highland Maya of Chiapas, Mexico : the gastrointestinal diseases /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Berlin, Elois Ann, 1937-
Imprint:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1996.
Description:	xxxii, 557 p.
Language:	English
Subject:	Gastrointestinal system -- Diseases -- Treatment. Materia medica, Vegetable -- Mexico -- Chiapas. Tzeltal Indians. Tzotzil Indians. Ethnobiology -- Mexico -- Chiapas. Traditional medicine -- Mexico -- Chiapas. Ethnobiology. Gastrointestinal system -- Diseases -- Treatment. Materia medica, Vegetable. Traditional medicine. Tzeltal Indians. Tzotzil Indians. Mexico -- Chiapas.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2454346

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Other authors / contributors:	Berlin, Brent.
ISBN:	0691037418 (cl. : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Plates
Preface
Contributors
Ch. 1. Introduction
Ch. 2. The Diarrheas
Ch. 3. The Abdominal Pains
Ch. 4. The Worms
Ch. 5. Summary and Conclusions
Appendix. Pharmacological Activity of Plant Species Used as Admixtures
Glossary of Technical Terms
References
Index of Maya Terms
General Index