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HIST7014 Asian Medical History

Dr Vivienne Lo

Asian Medical History aims to provide knowledge of the background and development of key concepts and practices in the history of Chinese medicine, with a secondary focus on the history of Tibetan and/or Indian medicine. It will describe the transmission of these Asian medical systems and traditions to Europe and the reception of traditional medicines in the modern world. The course will give a broad historical perspective, while at the same time focussing on the social, cultural and political contexts of key times of medical innovation.

Weekly Topics:

Week 1: Orientation: Film The Dragon’s Ascent

Week 2: Construction of the Chinese Medical Body

Week 3: Diagnosis & Treatment

Week 4: Medical Plurality

Week 5: Self-cultivation and Asian Medicine

READING WEEK

Week 6: Alchemy, Medicine and Religion in China

Week 7: Indian Diagnostics and Therapeutics

Week 8: Construction of Tradition China, Tibet

Week 9: Reception of Western Medicine in Asia

Week 10: Transmission of Asian Medicine to Europe

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