essay
Western medicine in a village of northern India
Health, Culture and Community • New York • Published In 1955 • Pages: 239-268
By: Marriott, McKim.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This article is based on an anthropological study of village social organization made by the author in Kishan Garhi during 1950-52. He describes the social structure of the village, the attitude of villagers toward western medicine, the different types of indigenous curers and their methods of establishing relations with their clients. The author devotes considerable attention to indicating what must be done by the practitioner of western medicine to gain the confidence and trust of the villagers. There is a great deal of information on the kinship aspect of village life and on the attitudes and relations of villagers toward non-relatives.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Medical therapy
- Shamans and psychotherapists
- Magical and mental therapy
- Kin relationships
- Castes
- Status, role, and prestige
- Manipulative mobility
- Magicians and diviners
- Medical personnel
- Medical care
- Preventive medicine
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Bodily injuries
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Uttar Pradesh
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Beverly Calsoyas; 1956
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1950-1952
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1950-1955
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- State of Uttar Pradesh, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- McKim Marriott
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 268)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 55010583
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Uttar Pradesh (India)