Needles, Herbs, Gods, and Ghosts: China, Healing, and the West to 1848

by Linda L. Barnes

Book Overview

Illuminates the way constructions of medicine, religion, race, and the body informed Westeners' understanding of the Chinese and their healing traditions.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674018729
• ISBN13: 9780674018723
• Release Date: December 2005
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 458 Pages
• Weight: 1.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"