PCP#24 Marta Hanson: Speaking of Medical Bilingualism
Purple Cloud Podcast
English - March 12, 2021 00:10 - 58 minutes - 81.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsSociety & Culture Health & Fitness Alternative Health china taoism acupuncture chinesemedicine culture daoism kungfu taichi Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this episode we interview Marta Hanson, Associate Professor of the History of Medicine at Johns Hopkins University about the concept of medical bilingualism and what it means for practitioners of Chinese medicine. We also delve into the history of epidemics in China, differences and similarities in responses between SARS and Covid-19, as well as her work on the influence of Chinese medicine in 17th century Europe and issues of translation between languages.