Indigenous Medicine Among the Bedouin in the Middle East [Hardcover]

Modern medicine has penetrated Bedouin tribes in the course of rapid urbanization and education, but when serious illnesses strike, particularly in the case of incurable diseases, even educated people turn to traditional medicine for a remedy. Over the course of 30 years, the author gathered data on traditional Bedouin medicine among pastoral-nomadic, semi-nomadic, and settled tribes. Based on interviews with healers, clients, and other active participants in treatments, this book will contribute to renewed thinking about a synthesis between traditional and modern medicine  to their reciprocal enrichment.

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter 1.Health and Health Services among the Bedouin in the Middle East
Chapter 2.The Treatment of Human Ailments  Part A
Chapter 3.The Treatment of Human Ailments  Part B
Chapter 4.Dont Touch My Body: TheQarinaand Bedouin Womens Fertility

Bibliography
Index

Aref Abu-Rabiais an Anthropologist at the Department of Middle East Studies at Ben-Gurion University. His research and publications focus on the Middle East, North Africa and Islamic communities in the West.