Towards a science of touch, part II
This paper concerns a pre-modern 'science of touch' - Chinese pulse diagnostics - and it discusses four different means by which Chinese physicians represented and described the tactile experience of sensing different pulses: (a) by use of similes, (b) with descriptive verbs and adjectives...
Main Author: | Hsu, E |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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Carfax Publishing
2000
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