Medical knowledge in rural Rajasthan : popular constructions of illness and therapeutic practice

Medical knowledge in rural Rajasthan : popular constructions of illness and therapeutic practice

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Lambert, Helen Susanna
Published:	University of Oxford 1988
Subjects:	301 Anthropology
Online Access:	http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.385541

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