Reorienting histories of medicine :: encounters along the silk roads /

"ReOrienting Histories of Medicine takes a cross-cultural approach that provides a re-appraisal of the 'globalized' character of early medicine. It re-orients medical history, and emphasizes the role of the transmission of medical ideas and practices between European and Asian culture...

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Main Author: Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Academic, [2021].
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:"ReOrienting Histories of Medicine takes a cross-cultural approach that provides a re-appraisal of the 'globalized' character of early medicine. It re-orients medical history, and emphasizes the role of the transmission of medical ideas and practices between European and Asian cultures. Using original research taken from the medical findings of Dunhuang, Turpan and Cairo Genizah, this book contextualizes the history of Euro-Asian medical encounters, from Greco-Indic early contacts to the present adoptions of mindfulness in psychotherapy"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (130 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781472512499
1472512499
9781474293495
1474293492
9781472507181
1472507185

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