Paths to Asian Medical Knowledge

Paths to Asian Medical Knowledge
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : 0520073185
ISBN-13 : 9780520073180
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Download or read book Paths to Asian Medical Knowledge written by Charles Leslie and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1992-06-05 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "From the perspectives of history and cultural anthropology, the authors consider problems of knowledge in Chinese medicine, the Hindu-Buddhist traditions of South Asian medicine, and the Greco-Arabic traditions of Islamic medicine.".


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