Kovacs, J: Essential Subtleties on the Silver Sea - The Yin-

Name: Kovacs, J: Essential Subtleties on the Silver Sea - The Yin-
Brand: University of California Press
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Here is the first translation into English of the complete "Yin-Hai Jing-Wei," a classic fifteenth-century text on Chinese ophthalmology. As one of the few original manuscripts on traditional Chinese medicine translated into a Western language, this work offers an unprecedented view of the practice of medicine, and specifically eye care, in premodern China. Superbly rendered from the classical Chinese and extensively annotated by Paul U. Unschuld and Jurgen Kovacs, the text provides detailed descriptions of the etiology, symptomatology, and therapy of every eye disease known to fifteenth-century Chinese practitioners. The translators' introduction also provides the first in-depth analysis of the development of this specialty within Chinese medicine. As a source for comparative studies of Chinese and Western medicine and numerous other issues in the history of medicine and Chinese thought, the "Yin-Hai Jing-Wei" has no equal in the Western world.

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Edition:: 1
Number of Pages:: 503
Release Date:: 1999-01-01
Publication Date:: 1999-01-01
Publisher:: University of California Press
Languages:: Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:: 0520080580
ISBN13:: 9780520080584
Weight:: 821 g
Height:: 163 cm
Width:: 232 cm
Thickness:: 37 cm

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