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Acupuncture, expertise, and cross-cultural medicine / Roberta E. Bivins.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bivins, Roberta E., 1970-
- Series:
- Science, technology, and medicine in modern history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Acupuncture--Great Britain--History.
- Acupuncture.
- Transcultural medical care--Great Britain.
- Transcultural medical care.
- History.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 263 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Basingstoke : Palgrave ; New York : St. Martin's Press, 2000.
- Summary:
- In 1825, an English Earl, crippled with pain and despairing of his usual physicians, invited a young and unconventional doctor into his home. Days later, the Earl was relieved, and the doctor rich. To celebrate his remarkable recovery, the nobleman re-named his favorite racehorse to honor the technique that cured him: "acupuncture." In an engaging account, Roberta Bivins vivifies the characters, texts, and events of acupuncture's (often surprising) 300 year history in Britain, and begins to explain acupuncture's enduring appeal.
- Notes:
- "First published in Great Britain 2000 by MacMillan Press Ltd."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0333918932
- 0312237618
- OCLC:
- 123303315
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