essay

Health and living conditions

Moko daikan, compiled by Zenrin Kyokai Chosa-bu - , iii (3) • Published In 1938 • Pages: 96-106

By: Hikage, Shigeru, Namkung, Johsel.

Abstract
The author of this article was on the staff of the Zenrin Kyokai [Good Neighborhood Association], a medical treatment 'party' in Inner Mongolia, established in 1934 during the Japanese occupation. The article begins with a cursory treatment of the climate, clothing housing, food and water supply of the people of Mongolia, but the chief emphasis is upon the medical facilities available to the Mongols and the diseases most frequently found among them. The inadequacy of the Lamaist medical practices is revealed, the medical treatment given to the natives by the Christian missionaries is discussed, and the medical practices of the Russians in Buryat-Mongolia and the Japanese in Inner Mongolia are given detailed treatment. This source is particularly valuable for precise information on the Mongolian health situation and the activities of the Japanese in the field of medicine in Mongolia. Very excellent material is also to be found here on the position of the lamas in this society, the medical training of the EMCHI lamas, and the type of medical care which they offer to their people.
Subjects
Morbidity
Acculturation and culture contact
Preventive medicine
Shamans and psychotherapists
Medical care
Prophets and ascetics
culture
Inner Mongolia
HRAF PubDate
2006
Region
Asia
Sub Region
Central Asia
Document Type
essay
Evaluation
Creator Type
Physical Anthropologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Ruth Heffner ; 1955
Field Date
1934-1938?
Coverage Date
1934-1938
Coverage Place
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China
Notes
[by] Shigeru Hikage
Translation of: [Eisei]
The original Japanese text is not included
Translation from the Japanese was done for HRAF at the University of Washington by Johsel Namkung in 1955
LCSH
Mongolia/China--Inner Mongolia--Medical care