2017-18 University Bulletin 
    
    Apr 19, 2024  
2017-18 University Bulletin [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ANT (0103) 280 - Ethnomedicine: Cross-Cultural Search for Cures


Credits: 3.00

Explore secret indigenous health ceremonies on remote volcanic islands and hunter-gatherers seeking exotic medicinal plants in the Amazon. Venture into the global world of ethnomedicine and discover how indigenous cultures treat their ill, including treatments that make their way into mainstream Western medicine, found in surgeries, pharmacies and health stores.