Acupuncture, Expertise and Cross-Cultural Medicine

by Roberta E. Bivins

In 1825, an English Earl, crippled with pain and despairing of his usual physicians, invited a young and unconventional doctor into his home. Days later, the Earl was relieved, and the doctor rich. To celebrate his remarkable recovery, the nobleman re-named his favorite racehorse to honor the technique that cured him: "acupuncture." In an engaging account, Roberta Bivins vivifies the characters, texts, and events of acupuncture's (often surprising)...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333918932
• ISBN13: 9780333918937
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 263 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.7"