Science and Civilisation in China
Subtitle: Volume 6, Biology and Biological Technology; Part 6, Medicine
Contributors: Lu Gwei-Djen (Editor); Nathan Sivin (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: April 13, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780521632621
Subjects: History of science; Medical; China - History; History Of Medicine; Medical / Nursing; Science/Mathematics; China; Asia - China; History; Technology / General
First sentence: First of all it is necessary to consider the relations between the great medical systems of humanity and the cultures or civilisations in which they arose.