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Science and civilisation in China. Vol. 6, Biology and biologicial technology. Pt. VI, Medicine

By Needham , Joseph;Sivin , Nathan(Editor);Gwei-Djen , Lu(With)

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
0511035918, 0521632625, 9780511035913, 9780511051142, 051105114X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
8 MB (8686251 bytes)
Series
Cultural and Historical Perspectives on Science Education Distinguished Contributors, Volume 4
Pages
xviii, 261: illustrations\281
Time added
2020-11-29 04:20:51
Science;History

Description

The latest volume in Joseph Needham's magisterial revelation of China's premodern scientific and technological traditions introduces medicine. Five essays are included by Joseph Needham and Lu Gwei-djen, edited and expanded upon by the editor, Nathan Sivin. The essays offer broad and readable accounts of medicine in culture, including hygiene and preventive medicine, forensic medicine and immunology. Professor Sivin's extensive introduction discusses these essays, placing them in their historical and medical context, and surveys recent medical discoveries from China, Japan, Europe and the United States.

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