Bibliograph

Medieval Chinese medicine, the Dunhuang medical manuscripts, edited by Vivienne Lo and Christopher Cullen

Type

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Medieval Chinese medicine, the Dunhuang medical manuscripts, edited by Vivienne Lo and Christopher Cullen

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Medieval Chinese medicine

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Responsibility statement

edited by Vivienne Lo and Christopher Cullen

Series statement

Needham Research Institute series

Sub title

the Dunhuang medical manuscripts

Summary

Late 20th century advances in Chinese archaeology have now recovered early medical materials to assert that Chinese medical knowledge underwent radical changes at about the same time as classical European medicine. This text analyses these Chinese medical texts from the Middle Ages., In recent decades various versions of Chinese medicine have begun to be widely practised in Western countries, and the academic study of the subject is now well established. However, there are still few scholarly monographs that describe the history of Chinese medicine and there are none at all on the medieval period. This collection represents the kind of international collaboration of research teams, centres and individuals that is required to begin to study the source materials adequately. The first book in English to discuss this fascinating material in the century since the Dunhuang library was discovered, the text provides a unique and fascinating interpretation of Chinese medical history

Target audience

specialized

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