The Role played by the Ceylon Reformed Society and the Oriental Medical Science Fund in the Revival of Traditional Medicine in Ceylon/Sri Lanka

This paper elaborates on how and in what ways the nineteenth century nationalist unrest motivated local elite groups to work together to restore traditional medicine in Sri Lanka which underwent a significant decline as a result of foreign rule for more than four hundred years. It narrates the activ...

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Main Author: Rathnayake M. Abeyrathne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: WUFI 2015-04-01
Series:Social Affairs
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Online Access:http://socialaffairsjournal.com/Achive/Spring_2015/3_SAJ_1(2)Abeyrathne.pdf