PREFACE

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INTRODUCTION

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OVERVIEW

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ANATOMY

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THE INPUTS

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LEARNING

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BEHAVIOR

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THE OUTPUTS

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PASSIVE PROCESSES

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NEUROIMAGING

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ARCHIVE

INTRODUCTION | THE 'SELF' | THE SEARCH FOR THE 'SELF' | THE ORGAN OF THE 'SELF' | THE MIND

THE SKULL AND MENINGES | THE CEREBRUM | THE CEREBELLUM | THE SPINAL CORD | THE VENTRICLES | THE ENDOCRINE ORGANS | THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

VISION (SIGHT) | AUDITION (HEARING) | OLFACTION (SMELL) | GUSTATION (TASTE) | TACTITION (TOUCH) | EQUILIBRIOCEPTION (BALANCE) | INTEROCEPTION

THEORIES OF MEMORY | MEMORY ACQUISITION | MEMORY CONSOLIDATION | MEMORY RETRIEVAL

THEORIES OF BEHAVIOR | CEREBRAL CONTROL OF MOTOR SYSTEM | LANGUAGE

POSTURE | REFLEX RESPONSES | REPETITIVE MOTOR PATTERNS | VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT

CIRCULATION | DIGESTION | CELLULAR METABOLISM | CELLULAR REPRODUCTION | NEURONAL DEVELOPMENT

CAT SCAN | PET SCAN | MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING (MRI) | DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING (DTI) | ELECTRON MICROSCOPY | X-RAY IMAGING

 
     

 

SOME TRADITIONAL SRI LANKAN MEDICAL TECHNIQUES RELATED TO ACUPUNCTURE

 INDEX | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | DISCUSSION FORUM

 

 
 

 

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SOME TRADITIONAL SRI LANKAN MEDICAL TECHNIQUES RELATED TO ACUPUNCTURE


LAXMAN DEVASENA

MARGA INSTITUTE

 

FULL-TEXT (PUBLISHED 1984)

 

 

  1. Preface

  2. Introduction

  3. The Traditional Practice of Cauterization and Puncture in Sri Lanka

  4. Physicians of the South

  5. Kurunegala District

  6. Instruments

  7. Up-country Roots

  8. Attaragama

  9. Mālagammana

  10. Ranasinghe

  11. Some Old Manuscripts

    1. The Ranasinghe Manuscript

    2. The W.A. de Silva Manuscript

    3. The Pelmadulla Manuscript A

    4. The Pelmadulla Manuscript B

    5. The Anton Jayasooriya Manuscript

    6. The Nevill Manuscripts

    7. The Wijesuriya Manuscript

  12. Ayurvedic Concepts

  13. Traditional Medical Literature

  14. P.M.P. Abeysinghe

  15. Nila Points

  16. Vidayaratne

  17. The World Health Organization (WHO)

  18. Social Composition of the Educated Class

 
     
 
     
 

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