Politically and diplomatically, Tibet was always within the Chinese sphere of action, but its modern annexation is an anomaly both of Tibetan and of (Han) Chinese history. In Ch'ing Dynasty China, there was an assignment of the five elements for each of the five peoples that were ...
A 30 year-old female elementary school teacher and rice farmer from northeast Laos was admitted to Mahosot Hospital, Vientiane, with a massive growth on her left foot, without a history of trauma. The swelling had progressed slowly but painlessly over 5 years and multiple draining sinuses had...
We present here a study of zootherapy practices that are also rooted in this close relationship between mahouts and their elephants, allowing us to better understand the motivations that may have led to their emergence. These practices consist in the therapeutic use of elephant urine and faeces in...
power in 1975. The Lao ernment has set its The ernment has been at pains to encour- The country’s diverse ethnic make-up and goal to haul Laos out of the Least Developed age national pride and a ‘Lao’ identity, despite ARTS short history as a nation-state meant nation- Country ...
A ¸¼¤¥×$ A I In 1928 the ‘city’ was home to just 9000 designations vary (eg route, rue, road and R O T 021 / pop 234,000 % N inhabitants – many of them Vietnamese ad- avenue) but the Lao script always s INFORMATION U N E HISTORY ministrators brought in by ...
Despite a widespread aversion towards faeces and urine, animal excreta are used in traditional medicine in many countries since centuries, but records are scattered and few therapeutic uses have been accurately documented while in the current context of
Despite a widespread aversion towards faeces and urine, animal excreta are used in traditional medi‑ cine in many countries since centuries, but records are scattered and few therapeutic uses have been accurately documented while in the current context of emerging zoonoses such records may be...