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Couching for cataract and Sino‐Indian medical exchange from the sixth to the twelfth century ad
Author(s) -
Fan Ka Wai
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
clinical and experimental ophthalmology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.3
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1442-9071
pISSN - 1442-6404
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-9071.2005.00978.x
Subject(s) - medicine , interpretation (philosophy) , medical science , optometry , traditional medicine , ophthalmology , medical education , linguistics , philosophy
This paper investigates the processes of interpretation and integration of the Indian ophthalmic technique known as ‘couching for cataract’ into Chinese medicine from the sixth to the twelfth century ad . The Indian medical knowledge of this procedure was eventually accepted because it could be reconstructed following Chinese medical concepts.