The human body in Asian texts and images

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Inhalt/Contents: * The Authors in Curare 39(2016)1 * Klaus-Dieter Mathes: Preface * Katharina Sabernig: Editorial +++ Articles * Natalia Bolsokhoeva: Tibetan Medical Illustrations from Atsagat Medical College and Other Anatomical Achievements of Buryat Lama and Physician D. Endonov * Katharina Sabernig: Anatomical Structures and the Structure of Anatomy in Tibetan Medicine. The Fourth Chapter of the Explanatory Tantra in its Commentaries * Florian Ploberger: Anatomical Terms of the 27 Chapters of the Subsequent Tantra (Phyi mavi rgyud) * Isabella Würthner: A Preliminary Study on the Function, Anatomy and Origin of the Term bsam-sevu in Tibetan Medical Literature * Rudolf Pfister: On the Meditative Use of the Body Maps Found in the Composite Text „Songs of the Bodily Husk“ (Ti ke ge) * Wung Seok Cha & Hyuk Sang Jung [with assistance of Dong Ryul Kim, You Sang Baik & Tae Woo Kim]: Body Perceptions in East Asian Culture +++ Bibliographical Survey * Michael Balk: A Bibliographical Survey of Medical Literature in Tibetan language Based on the Post-war Holdings of the State Library in Berlin: A Strand of Pearls to Enlighten Researchers +++ Report * Stephan Kloos: Tibetan Medicine Committee Inaugural Conference. World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies, Xining, Qinghai (China), August 7–9, 2015 +++ Book Reviews * Theresia Hofer (Ed) 2014. Bodies in Balance. The Art of Tibetan Medicine. New York [Vincanne Adams] * Janet Gyatso.