Health Care in Eleventh-Century China

By examining all the prevalent varieties of therapy from self-care to religious ritual, this book explores health care practices in China, before modern times. In ancient China most people were unable to afford a doctor, even in the unlikely case that one lived near their village and was willing to...

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Main Author: Sivin, Nathan. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Archimedes, New Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology, 43
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20427-7