Couching for cataract and Sino-Indian medical exchange from the sixth to the twelfth century AD.
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.
Fan
Ka Wai
KW
Chinese Civilization Centre, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. cikwfan@cityu.edu.hk
D002387:Cataract Extraction / Q000266:history*; D002681:China; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D049690:History, Ancient; D049691:History, Medieval; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000266:history*; D009885:Ophthalmology / Q000266:history