Books by Shigehisa Kuriyama
“The Expressiveness of the Body and the Divergence of Greek and Chinese Medicine compares ancient Greek anatomy and medicine with how the body was understood by physicians in ancient China. Kuriyama shows that physicians in China focused less on muscles than pulse and breath. He shows this divergence was part of a broader cultural story, a fundamental schism opening.” Read more...
Best History of Medicine Books
Keith Wailoo, Historian
Interviews where books by Shigehisa Kuriyama were recommended
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The Expressiveness of the Body and the Divergence of Greek and Chinese Medicine
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The Gospel of Germs
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The Cholera Years: The United States in 1832, 1849, and 1866
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Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology
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The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product That Defined America
by Allan Brandt
Best History of Medicine Books, recommended by Keith Wailoo
Best History of Medicine Books, recommended by Keith Wailoo
The history of medicine is not just the story of life-saving discoveries, it’s also about how medical advances interact with the society from which they emerge. Here Professor Keith Wailoo, a historian of medicine and public health at Princeton University, recommends books that shed light on the social history of medicine, especially in the United States.
