Acupuncture, expertise, and cross-cultural medicine
By: Roberta E. Bivins.
Contributors: University of Manchester. Centre for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine.
Series: Science, technology and medicine in modern history
Publisher: Palgrave, in association with Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Manchester
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
Subjects: Acupuncture -- Great Britain -- History.; Transcultural medical care -- Great Britain.
Description: 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) 300 year history in Britain, and begins to explain acupuncture's enduring appeal.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.