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Medicine Along the Silk Roads

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Medicine Along the Silk Roads

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Medicine Along the Silk Roads is the ideal introductory text for students looking to gain a firm understanding of the various Eurasian medical traditions that existed along the Silk Road route. The book also discusses the interesting transmissions and interactions that have occurred between these differing medical traditions throughout history.

Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim provides brief overviews of Chinese traditional medicine, as well as Tibetan, Indian, Syriac, Islamic, Jewish and Greco-Roman medicines, presenting the basic notions of each. All of the chapters also come with sections on suggested reading and recommended websites.

This concise history of world medicine offers a fascinating way in to studying the Silk Road and the interconnected nature of the civilisations that dwelt along it.

Table of Contents

1. The Silk Roads
2. Chinese Medicine
3. Tibetan Medicine
4. Indian Medicine (Ayurveda)
5. Syriac Medicine
6. Islamic Medicine
7. Jewish Medicine
8. Greco/Roman Medicine
9. Transmissions and Interactions
Notes
Bibliography
Index

Product details

Bloomsbury Academic Test
Published 16 Apr 2026
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 192
ISBN 9781472505132
Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
Illustrations 10 bw illus
Dimensions Not specified
Series Course Companions in the History of Medicine
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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Author

Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim

Ronit Yoeli-Tlalim is Reader in History at Goldsmi…

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