Burghart R
Soc Sci Med. 1984;18(7):589-98. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(84)90074-1.
In this paper I present a detailed case study of an exorcist in rural Nepal who has abandoned the explanatory paradigm of exorcism and taken up certain aspects of Brahmanical tradition, medical science and temple healing in order to establish a place of medical resort, called the Tisiyahi klinik. In particular, I investigate the intracultural field of relations of the exorcist and analyse the way in which these different health systems, each with its own domain and powers of explanation, were brought together to form one system at the clinic. In conclusion, I argue that these other health systems served to authenticate and legitimate the folk therapy of the exorcist so that his rural clinic might be seen by villagers as a medical centre of southern Nepal.
在本文中，我详细介绍了尼泊尔农村一位驱魔师的案例研究。这位驱魔师摒弃了驱魔的解释范式，转而采用婆罗门传统、医学科学和寺庙治疗的某些方面，以建立一个名为蒂西耶希诊所的医疗胜地。特别是，我研究了驱魔师的文化内部关系领域，并分析了这些不同的健康系统，每个系统都有自己的领域和解释权，是如何在诊所中整合为一个系统的。总之，我认为这些其他健康系统有助于证实驱魔师的民间疗法并使其合法化，从而使他的农村诊所被村民视为尼泊尔南部的医疗中心。
