ReOrienting Histories of Medicine

<p>It is rarely appreciated how much of the history of Eurasian medicine in the premodern period hinges on cross-cultural interactions and knowledge transmissions. Using manuscripts found in key Eurasian nodes of the medieval world - Dunhuang Kucha the Cairo Genizah and Tabriz - the book analyses a number of case-studies of Eurasian medical encounters giving a voice to places languages people and narratives which were once prominent but have gone silent. <p/>This is an important book for those interested in the history of medicine and the transmissions of knowledge that have taken place over the course of global history.</p>