Needles, Herbs, Gods, and Ghosts : China, Healing, and the West To 1848.
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Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Introduction -- 1. First Impressions: Until 1491 -- 2. A New Wave of Europeans: 1492-1659 -- 3. Model State, Medical Men, and "Mechanick Principles":1660-1736 -- 4. Sinophiles, Sinophobes, and the Cult of Chinoiserie:1737-1804 -- 5. Memory, History, and Imagination: 1805-1848 -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Abbreviations -- Bibliography -- Index.
When did the West discover Chinese healing traditions? Most people might point to the "rediscovery" of Chinese acupuncture in the 1970s. In Needles, Herbs, Gods, and Ghosts, Linda Barnes leads us back, instead, to the thirteenth century to uncover the story of the West's earliest known encounters with Chinese understandings of illness and healing.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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