An Aspect of the History of Medicine in Ancient Korea as Examined through Silla Buddhist Monks’Annotations on the “Chapter on Eliminating Disease” in the Sutra of Golden Light

Nearly nothing is known of medicine in ancient Korea due to insufficient materials. With several extant prescriptions and esoteric methods of treating diseases alone, it is impossible to gauge in depth the management of medicine during this period. If one exception were to be cited, that would be th...

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Main Authors: Chaekun OH, Jongwook JEON, Dongwon SHIN
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Korean Society for the History of Medicine 2016-12-01
Series:Uisahak
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Online Access:http://www.medhist.or.kr/upload/pdf/kjmh-25-3-329.pdf