12713. EASTERN AND WESTERN PHILOSOPHIES OF HEALTH AND WELLNESS. A historical survey which contrasts Eastern holistic methods with those of Western medicine. The Eastern method tries to bring the body into harmony with nature, while the Western method is concerned with healing individual parts of the body. The paper concludes by noting the current trend in the West of merging these two medical philosophies. 7 pages, 25 footnotes, 8 bibliographic sources.