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Introduction -- Part I: Disease Management In Medical And Ritual Contexts. The Management Of Sickness In An Indian Medical Vernacular / Helen Lambert -- Like An Indian God: Saint Anthony Of Padua In Tamil Nadu As A Healer And Exorcist / Brigitte Sébastia -- Devotion And Affliction In The Time Of Cholera: Ritual Healing, Identity And Resistance Among Bengali Muslims / Fabrizio M. Ferrari -- Wong Tai Sin: The Divine And Healing In Hong Kong / Mark Greene -- Part Ii: Religious And Medical Explanatory Models. Ghost Exorcism,memory, And Healing In Hinduism / Daniel Cohen --storytelling And Accountability For Illness In Sanskrit Medical Literature / Anthony Cerulli -- Part Iii: Cultural Interfaces And Collisions. The Method-and-wisdom Model In The Theoretical Syncretism Of Traditional Mongolian Medicine / Vesna A. Wallace -- Balancing Tradition Alongside A Progressively Scientific Tibetan Medical System / Ivette Vargas-o'bryan -- Diagnostic Techniques Of Chinese Medical Traditions And Their Interface With The Globalization Of Medical Practice / Nancy Holroyde-downing -- Healing Zen: Exploring The Brain On Bowing / Paula R. Arai. Edited By Ivette Vargas-o'bryan And Zhou Xun. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.