Confluences of Medicine in Medieval Japan : : Buddhist Healing, Chinese Knowledge, Islamic Formulas, and Wounds of War / / Andrew Edmond Goble.
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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2011] ©2011 |
| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 p.) :; 3 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The Kamakura Context
- Chapter 2. Song Medicine: A View from Japan
- Chapter 3. A Silk Road of Pharmaceuticals and Formulas
- Chapter 4. Leprosy, Buddhist Karmic Illness, and Song Medicine
- Chapter 5. Warfare, Wound Medicine, and Song Medical Knowledge
- Epilogue: Engaging Song Medical Knowledge
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index