 Medicine, Traditional
"Medicine, Traditional" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Systems of medicine based on cultural beliefs and practices handed down from generation to generation. The concept includes mystical and magical rituals (SPIRITUAL THERAPIES); PHYTOTHERAPY; and other treatments which may not be explained by modern medicine.
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D008519
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.190.488 I01.076.201.450.654
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| 1992 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1993 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1994 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Medicine, Traditional" by people in Profiles.
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Melosi MV. Cleaning up our act: germ consciousness in America. [Review of: Tomes, N. The gospel of germs: men, women, and the microbe in American life. Harvard University Press, 1998]. Rev Am Hist. 1999 Jun; 27(2):259-66.
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Rasmussen SJ. Female sexuality, social reproduction, and the politics of medical intervention in Niger: Kel Ewey Tuareg perspectives. Cult Med Psychiatry. 1994 Dec; 18(4):433-62.
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Gray RH, Kambic RT, Lanctot CA, Martin MC, Wesley R, Cremins R. Evaluation of natural family planning programmes in Liberia and Zambia. J Biosoc Sci. 1993 Apr; 25(2):249-58.
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Rasmussen SJ. Reflections on Tamazai, a Tuareg idiom of suffering. Cult Med Psychiatry. 1992 Sep; 16(3):337-65.
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