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Explore the medical knowledge and beliefs of cultures beyond the United States and Europe with this comprehensive academic work. Medicine Across Cultures provides in-depth articles surveying Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Indian, Egyptian, and Tibetan medicine, alongside essays comparing Chinese and western medicine alongside religion and medicine. Each essay is well illustrated with extensive bibliographies, making this volume an essential resource for understanding how different cultures have developed, practised, and preserved their own medical traditions. Part of the Science Across Cultures series, this book bridges historical medical practices with contemporary scholarship, offering readers a global perspective on the evolution of healthcare knowledge across civilisations and time periods.

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Medicine Across Cultures surveys Islamic, Chinese, Native American, Aboriginal Australian, Indian, Egyptian, and Tibetan medical traditions and practices.

The book includes comparative essays examining Chinese medicine alongside western medical approaches and the relationship between religion and medicine.

Each essay features extensive illustrations and detailed bibliographies supporting academic research and historical investigation.

Published by Springer as part of the Science Across Cultures series focusing on the history of non-western science.

Comprehensive coverage of medical knowledge systems outside the United States and Europe for historiography and educational study.

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Publication Date
06 December 2010
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