Capturing the intricacies of health practice within the fascinating context of Andean social history, cultural tradition, community and folklore, this is a remarkable and intimate chronicle of Andean culture and everyday life. 'The great strength of the book, rare in an edited volume, is the coherence at the heart of these collected essays.' - Mountain Research and Development, Vol 24. 'Given the book's inclusion of multifaceted data on the Andes, the text's breadth, and the clear and engaging style in which the essays are written ... this text makes good reading for graduate students and undergraduate students alike in anthropology.' - Mountain Research and Development, Vol 24.