Early Chinese Medical Literature
Author | : Donald Harper |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 532 |
Release | : 2013-10-28 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781136172441 |
ISBN-13 | : 1136172440 |
Rating | : 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Download or read book Early Chinese Medical Literature written by Donald Harper and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1998. This study uses the Mawangdui Medical Manuscripts to form a basis for information about early Chinese medical literature. Since the 1970S there has been a succession of manuscript discoveries in late-fourth to second century B.C. tombs in several regions of China, the provinces of Hubei and Hunan being particularly fertile ground for manuscripts. The medical Mawangdui manuscripts are part of a large cache of manuscripts discovered in 1973 in Mawangdui tomb 3, situated in the north-eastern part of the city of Changsha, Hunan.