Tactility and the body in early Chinese medicine

Science in Context

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-34

  Hsu, Elisabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CHINA; DIAGNOSIS; DISSECTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; TOUCH;

ANATOMY; CHINA; DIAGNOSIS; DISSECTION; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; PAIN; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; TOUCH;

EID: 20744459271     PISSN: 02698897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0269889705000335     Document Type: Review

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