The Body in Balance

The Body in BalanceFocusing on practice more than theory, this collection offers new perspectives for studying the so called humoral medical traditions, as they have flourished around the globe during the last 2,000 years. Exploring notions of balance in medical cultures across Eurasia, Africa and the Americas, from antiquity to the present, the volume revisits harmony and holism as main characteristics of those traditions. It foregrounds a dynamic notion of balance and

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