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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Goble, Andrew Edmund (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: 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.