Translating medicine across premodern worlds /

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Imprint:	Chicago, IL : The University of Chicago Press, 2022.
Description:	1 online resource : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Osiris ; 37. Osiris (Bruges, Belgium) ; 2nd ser., v. 37.
Subject:	Traditional medicine -- Translating. Traditional medicine -- Practice -- History. Translating and interpreting -- Social aspects. Medical anthropology.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13452244

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Other authors / contributors:	Alberts, Tara, editor. Fransen, Sietske, editor. Leong, Elaine, editor.
ISBN:	9780226825120 0226825124 9780226821566
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Vendor-supplied metadata.
Summary:	"This volume of Osiris turns the analytical lens of translation onto medical knowledge and practices across the premodern world. Understandings of the human body, and of diseases and their cures, were influenced by a range of religious, cultural, environmental, and intellectual factors. As a result, complex systems of translation emerged as people crossed linguistic and territorial boundaries to share not only theories and concepts, but also materials, such as drugs, amulets, and surgical tools. The studies here reveal how instances of translation helped to shape and, in some cases, reimagine these ideas and objects to fit within local frameworks of medical belief"--Publisher's website.

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