Reorienting histories of medicine : encounters along the silk roads / Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yoeli-Tlalim, Ronit, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--History.

Medicine.

Medicine--Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

England ; Bloomsbury Academic, 2020.

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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

List of Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgements

Transliterations and Abbreviations

Introduction: Medical Encounters along the Silk Roads

1. Narrating Eurasian Origins of Medical Knowledge

2. Of Dice and Medicine: Interactions in Central Asian 'Contact Zones'

3. Myrobalans: The Making of a Eurasian Panacea

4. Tibetan Moxa-Cautery from Dunhuang: Practices and Images on the Move

5. Medicine of the Bakhshis: Cross-Pollinations in Buddhist Iran

Afterword

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781472512499

1472512499

9781474293495

1474293492

9781472507181

1472507185

OCLC:

1238133279