Medical missionaries to China: The jesuits

Journal of Medical Biography

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 73-79

  Fu, Louis ^a  

^a NONE   (Hong Kong)

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ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHINA; CLERGY; EUROPE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICS; PUBLICATION; RELIGION;

ANATOMY; ASTRONOMY; CATHOLICISM; CHINA; EUROPE; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MANUSCRIPTS, MEDICAL; MATHEMATICS; MISSIONS AND MISSIONARIES;

EID: 80053090317     PISSN: 09677720     EISSN: 17581087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jmb.2011.011008     Document Type: Article

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