Couching for cataract and Sino-Indian medical exchange from the sixth to the twelfth century AD.
Clin Exp Ophthalmol
; 33(2): 188-90, 2005 Apr.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-15807830
ABSTRACT
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.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cataract Extraction
/
Medicine, Chinese Traditional
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
En
Journal:
Clin Exp Ophthalmol
Journal subject:
OFTALMOLOGIA
Year:
2005
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
China