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A Global History of Buddhism and Medicine

C. Pierce Salguero

2022Columbia University Press eBooks20 citationsDOI

Abstract

This book is a wide-ranging and accessible account of the interplay between Buddhism and medicine over the past two and a half millennia. C. Pierce Salguero traces the intertwining threads linking ideas, practices, and texts from many different times and places.

Topics & Concepts

BuddhismTraditional medicineMedicineGeographyArchaeologyEthics in medical practice