Medicine and the Law: Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on the Comparative History of Medicine--East and West, September 4-10, 1994, Susono-shi, Shizuoka, Japan (review) (original) (raw)

This review discusses the proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on the Comparative History of Medicine, focusing on the interactions of medicine and the law in diverse historical contexts. The reviewed volume includes essays from various scholars that cover topics from ancient Greece to contemporary Japan and China. Although the title suggests an East-West comparative history, the lack of direct East-West comparative analysis limits its scope, highlighting the need for more in-depth studies that genuinely explore cross-cultural historical comparisons in medicine.