Folk Illness and Ethnomedicine

Highlight the role and importance of ethnomedicine in overcoming disease and pain. The vital role of traditional healers in a rural set up like the village priest the herbalist and the spiritist has been stressed. Contains specific chapters on The History of Medicine Medical Practitioners and Social Anthropology; The Dhimars Socio cultural Environment and the Medical set up. Reviews will certainly provoke practitioners thought as to what and how he should act in future. Dr. A. Kathiresan Review Projector India Vol. 8 No. 7–9. highlights the role and importance of ethnomedicine in overcoming disease and pain.. useful for those associated with rural development in the sphere of health and planners, in determining and devising appropriate schemes for healthcare for the rural people. Dr. Mrs Madhu Nagla Department of Sociology MD University Rohtak Indian Book Chronicle April 1993.