The title of this book is deceptive. It not primarily about Roma but the Banū Sāsān, “the Sons Sāsān,” a term used in medieval Islamic world to denote constellation people often associated with irreputable activities, such as begging, robbery, and charlatanry, mythologized descendants pre-Islamic Sasanian emperors Iran. received view on largely indebted Clifford Bosworth, that they included ind...

R emnants of ancient healing, shamanic traditions still linger in the Peruvian Amazon and in the high Andes of the Incas. The role of the shaman is to create order from disorder, to invite healing, cleansing, purification, and a realignment of the soul in a world where there is disorder, toxicity, and misalignment of living , thinking, feeling, and being. These traditions are universal, transcu...

THIS paper is concerned with a glimpse into the wealth of ancient Indian medical literature. A small sampling of the general knowledge and thoughts of these ancients will be presented along with an attempt to place their leading texts into some historical perspective. Following this, emphasis will be placed on some of the writings of what may be called 'Ancient Indian Dermatology'. Most modern ...

After thinking long and hard aboutwhat to include in this piece, I felt it was important to start with some examples of the negative attitudes and sometimes unbelievable ignorance that has and still does exist towards epilepsy. People are often unwilling to acknowledge the stigma that still exists towards one of the world’s most commonneurological conditions, one that can affect anyone of anyag...

In primitive societies, those who would become shamans or witch doctors must often undergo curious rites of passage. At an early age, the future shaman is frequently set apart from others by his conviction that he possesses special healing powers, which may be transmitted by virtue of his birth into a healing clan; from the start, his fellow tribesmen endow him with a special mana of one who wi...

In rural Bangladesh, acute viral hepatitis presents a significant burden on the public-health system. As part of the formative work for a large epidemiologic study of hepatitis E in rural Bangladesh, we sought to identify local terms that could be used for population-based screening of acute viral hepatitis. Exploration of the local term jaundeesh for screening utility identified a high burden ...

BACKGROUND The number of tribes present within Bangladesh has been estimated to approximate one hundred and fifty. Information on traditional medicinal practices, particularly of the smaller tribes and their clans is lacking. It was the objective of the study to document the tribal medicinal practices of the Deb barma clan of the Tripura tribe, which clan can be found residing in Dolusora Tripu...

1THIS subject is one wlhich is always of interest to those engaged in the Art of Healing, and has been so all down the ages. It is interesting to try and trace the origin of the differences in this relationship, its evolution and change in different parts of the world, in different periods of time. It is probably true to state that it is possible to find all the different stages and variations ...

disappointed by the weak annotations, insufficient subject indexing, and limited chronological span, as well as the absence of writings in languages other than Eng-lish. As a result, most researchers will continue to rely on Meadows as their primary jazz bibliography, and only libraries with very ambitious collecting missions in the area of jazz should feel it necessary to purchase Jazz Books i...