THDL Medicine Collections

The Medicine Collections currently contain materials on Tibetan medicine as practiced in Tibet. The Library expects to expand these resources to encompass medical theories and practices of the entire Himalayan region. Development priorities presently fall under the following rubrics: clinical practice observations, traditional pharmacology, history of medicine, and the relationship between medicine and culture. Development of textual collections and lexical and bibliographic resources are ongoing. THDL is eager to engage projects on Tibetan and Himalayan medicine that focus on these or other priorities.

Participants and Contributors

Portions of the THDL Medicine Collections are being developed with the cooperation of the University of Virginia's Center for Complementary and Alternative Therapies, one of the original NIH-funded Centers to stimulate research in complementary and alternative medicines, directed by Dr. Ann Taylor.

The Collections are directed by Frances Garrett, fmg3u@virginia.edu. Contributors include Kurtis Schaeffer (University of Alabama), Leslie Blackhall (University of Virginia), and many scholars and physicians at the Hospital of Tibetan Medicine (Mentsikhang) in Lhasa, Tibet (please see the Video List for a record of names). We are grateful to these individuals for their generous collaborative spirit, without which we could not have built this collection.

Additional support has been provided by the UVA School of Nursing, the Raven Society, the UVA Weedon Foundation, the UVA Center for South Asian Studies, the UVA Center for Global Health, the TRACE Foundation, and the U.S. Department of Education. The growth of the Medicine Collections is intertwined with the development of many THDL technologies and content initiatives. Please see the THDL Donors List for a full record of financial contributions to the Library.

Contact

We are always interested in feedback about our collections. If you have questions or comments, we can be contacted at tibetanmedicine@virginia.edu

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