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050			_aR 619 _b.P694 2017
100			_aPlanta, Ma. Mercedes G. _947173
245		0	_aTraditional medicine in the colonial Philippines : _b16th to the 19th century / _cMa. Mercedes G. Planta.
264			_aDiliman, Quezon City : _bThe University of the Philippine Press, _cc2017.
300			_axxx, 249 pages _c23 cm.
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aFrom the seventeenth to the nineteenth century, Spanish missionaries collected, studied, and made records of Philippine medicinal plants and herbs that Filipino traditional medical practitioners or herbolarios had been prescribing since the precolonial period. Because the herbolarios left no writings about their practices, the missionaries' works are our primary sources for studying Filipino traditional medicine. Based on these works, Traditional Medicine in the Colonial Philippines, 16th to the 19th Century by Ma. Mercedes G. Planta gives us an intimate and dense portrait of a defined medical tradition, and so, documents an important component of ways of life and epistemologies that Filipinos can recuperate and benefit from. Today, when access to health and medical care remains beyond the reach of most Filipinos, Planta's lively and scholarly invitation to reflect on a particular aspect of Philippine culture and harness its potential is a triumph of history as "usable past." -Back cover of the book.
650			_aTraditional medicine _942205
650			_aTraditional medicine _942205
942			_cFIL
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