Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Application of a powder of sympathy

  • “Marvailous Cures”: Sympathetic medicine connecting Europe and China

    Richard de GrijsSydney, AustraliaDaniel VuillerminBeijing, China In Renaissance Europe the concept of curing illnesses at a distance did not seem as outlandish as it would today. A newfound interest in classical remedies at a time when new plants were being found in the Americas and Asia ushered in an interest in pharmacological experimentation but also…