Article ID: CBB000931185

Hippocratic Bodily “Channels” and Oriental Parallels (2009)

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The argument of this paper is based primarily on a close reading of several Hippocratic texts; parallels with Chinese traditional medicine are adduced. Study of Greek medicine is usually situated in the context of western medical history. However, it is evident that the vascular anatomy envisaged in the Hippocratic Corpus is not at all coincident with our known post-Harveian model; it here becomes apparent that it is coincident rather with Chinese patterns. The supposed working and actual treatment of the body are fundamental concerns of doctors in any society, but different suppositions have been made, and different practices followed, in different ages and different places. When the evidence from Greek and Chinese traditions is pared down to parallel analysis under the broad heads of physiology (nature of the body), pathology (nature of disease) and surgery (nature of treatment), remarkable common essentials and shared anatomical presuppositions are seen to emerge.

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Description Parallel analysis between Greek and Chinese medicine of physiology, pathology, and surgery.


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Authors & Contributors
Buell, Paul D.
Chang, Rhonda
Zhang, Qiong
Unschuld, Paul Ulrich
Toledo-Pereyra, Luis H.
Taylor, Kim
Concepts
Cross-cultural comparison
Medicine, Chinese traditional
Western world, civilization and culture
Medicine
East Asia, civilization and culture
Cross-cultural interaction; cultural influence
Time Periods
Ancient
Medieval
17th century
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
Early modern
20th century
Places
China
Greece
Europe
Mediterranean region
Japan
Rome (Italy)
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