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Medicine and healing in ancient East Asia : a view from excavated texts / Constance A. Cook.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Cook, Constance A., author.
- Series:
- Cambridge elements. Elements in ancient East Asia. 2632-7325
- Cambridge elements. Elements in ancient East Asia, 2632-7325
- Language:
- Chinese
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine--East Asia--History.
- Medicine.
- Medicine--East Asia--History--Sources.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (71 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- Text in English and Chinese.
- Summary:
- The Element focuses on the evolution of concepts, illness categories, and diagnostic and treatment methodologies evident in the newly discovered material and reveals a side of medical practice not reflected in the canons.
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction; 2. Transmitted medical knowledge and the creation of canons; 3. Non-transmitted texts: from 12th-c. BCE to 10th-c. CE; 4. Conclusion; References.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2023.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on September 5, 2023).
- ISBN:
- 9781108981170
- 1108981178
- 9781108981224
- 1108981224
- 9781108975834
- 1108975836
- Access Restriction:
- Open access. Unrestricted online access.
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