Confluences of medicine in medieval Japan : Buddhist healing, Chinese knowledge, Islamic formulas, and wounds of war /
Confluences of Medicine is the first book-length exploration in English of issues of medicine and society in premodern Japan. This multifaceted study weaves a rich tapestry of Buddhist healing practices, Chinese medical knowledge, Asian pharmaceuticals, and Islamic formulas as it elucidates their ap...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Honolulu :
University of Hawaiʻi Press,
©2011.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Kamakura context
- Song medicine : a view from Japan
- A silk road of pharmaceuticals and formulas
- Leprosy, Buddhist karmic illness, and Song medicine
- Warfare, wound medicine, and Song medical knowledge.