Health Care in Eleventh-Century China

by Nathan Sivin

Book Overview

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 treat peasants. What did they do when their children got sick? The answer is to be found in this book, which goes far beyond the history of medicine. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3319369555
• ISBN13: 9783319369556
• Release Date: October 2016
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"