Ophthalmic surgery: a chapter in the history of Sino-Indian medical contacts1
Ophthalmic surgery: a chapter in the history of Sino-Indian medical contacts1
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眼科手术:中印医疗交往史上的一章1
DOI:
10.1017/s0041977x00008454
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发表时间:
2000
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V. Deshpande
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作者:
V. Deshpande
Although in Chinese culture surgery has not usually been seen as a major part of medical practice, during the Sui (A.D. 581–618) and the Tang dynasties (A.D. 618–907) it showed a marked flowering in the field of ophthalmology. There are indications that it was closely related to Indian medical and surgical ideas which were transmitted to China. The evidence is found in historical records, popular literature and also in medical works and compilations. Interestingly, the origins of this transmission are seen in Chinese Buddhist canonical literature which emerged during the introduction of Buddhism into China in the late Han period (A.D. 25–220) and the mutual contacts which followed immediately thereafter.