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Obscura Society NY NYAM Series “East Meets West”

How did European physicians learn about Chinese medicine and what happened when they attempted to convey what they had learned to Western medical audiences? What kinds of medical books written by Eastern physicians and published in China and Japan can be found in the Library’s collections?  The Academy Library contains many of the earliest texts written by European physicians to share information about Eastern medicine with their Western colleagues, as well as a number of books produced in Asia for both medical and popular audiences.  Join us to discover the ways in which these books share surprising similarities while also demonstrating how Western medical practitioners were both interested in and confounded by Eastern medicine.











When: Thu., Mar. 10, 2016 at 6:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Where: The New York Academy of Medicine
1216 Fifth Ave.
212-822-7200
Price: $30
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How did European physicians learn about Chinese medicine and what happened when they attempted to convey what they had learned to Western medical audiences? What kinds of medical books written by Eastern physicians and published in China and Japan can be found in the Library’s collections?  The Academy Library contains many of the earliest texts written by European physicians to share information about Eastern medicine with their Western colleagues, as well as a number of books produced in Asia for both medical and popular audiences.  Join us to discover the ways in which these books share surprising similarities while also demonstrating how Western medical practitioners were both interested in and confounded by Eastern medicine.

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