Title: Acupuncture, expertise, and cross-cultural medicine
First published: 2000
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.
Subjects: Acupuncture, Transcultural medical care, History, Cross-Cultural Comparison
Places: Great Britain
LC classification: RM184 .B55 2000