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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-10052118259X

ISBN-139780521182591

eBay Product ID (ePID)12038293209

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Number of Pages444 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameInnovation in Chinese Medicine

Publication Year2011

SubjectAlternative & Complementary Medicine, History

TypeTextbook

AuthorElisabeth Hsu

Subject AreaMedical

SeriesNeedham Research Institute Studies

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight27.9 Oz

Item Length9.7 in

Item Width7.4 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition21

ReviewsReview of the hardback: 'Innovation in Chinese Medicine is the most significant collection of works in English to date in the study of chinese medical history.' Medical History, .,."this volume is comprehensive both in scope and in time frame, covering many important areas in the history of Chinese medicine. ...a useful tool for all students of the history of Chinese science and medicine." ISIS, "Handsomely edited, this volume presents a rich selection of papers on the history of Chinese medicine and a useful view of the status of current scholarship in the field." Bulletin of the History of Medicine, Review of the hardback: '... this book is a splendid, diverse collection of innovative research ...' EASTM, "...this volume is comprehensive both in scope and in time frame, covering many important areas in the history of Chinese medicine. ...a useful tool for all students of the history of Chinese science and medicine." ISIS, Review of the hardback: 'â€¦ this book is a splendid, diverse collection of innovative research â€¦' EASTM

Series Volume NumberSeries Number 3

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal610/.951

Table Of ContentIntroduction Elisabeth Hsu; Part I. Mai and Qi in the Western Han: 1. The influence of nurturing life culture on the development of Acumoxa therapy Vivienne Low; 2. Pulse diagnostics in the western Han: how mai and qi determine bing Elisabeth Hsu; Part II. Correlative Cosmologies: 3. Iatromancy, diagnosis, and prognosis in early Chinese medicine Donald Harper; 4. The system of the five circulatory phases and the six seasonal influences, a source of innovation in medicine under the Song (960-1279) Catherine Despeux; Part III. Dietetics and Pharmacotherapy: 5. Dietetics in Tang China: beginnings of a specialised materia dietetica Ute Engelhardt; 6. A Song innovation in pharmacotherapy: some remarks on 'white arsenic' and 'flowers of arsenic' Frederic Obringer; 7. The Bencao gangmu (classified materia medica) of Li Shizhen - an innovation for natural history? Georges Metailie and Elisabeth Hsu; 8. Robust northerners and delicate southerners: the nineteenth-century invention of a southern medical tradition Marta Hanson; Part V. Rise of the Genre of Medical Case Statements: 9. Yi'an (case statements) - the origins of a genre of Chinese medical literature Christopher Cullen; 10. From case-records to case-histories: the modernisation of a Chinese medical genre, 1912-49 Bridie J. Andrews; Part VI. Medical Rationale in the People's Republic: 11 A new, scientific and unified medicine: civil war in China and the new Acumoxa, 1945-9 Kim Taylor; 12. Shaping Chinese medicine: two case studies from contemporary China Volker Scheid.

SynopsisIn a series of penetrating case-studies, twelve contributors explore the transformation of Chinese medicine over the centuries. Originally published in 2001, this interdisciplinary volume will be of value to anyone with an interest in the various aspects of Chinese medicine., In the West ideas about Chinese medicine are commonly associated with traditional therapies and ancient practices which have survived, unchanging, since time immemorial. Originally published in 2001, this volume, edited by Elizabeth Hsu, demonstrates that this is far from the reality. In a series of pioneering case-studies, twelve contributors, from a range of disciplines, explore the history of Chinese medicine and the transformations that have taken place from the fourth century BC onwards. Topics of discussion cover diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, pharmacotherapy, the creation of new genres of medical writing and schools of doctrine. This interdisciplinary volume will be of value to anyone with an interest in the various aspects of Chinese medicine., In a series of pioneering case studies, twelve contributors from a range of disciplines and countries, explore the history of Chinese medicine and the transformations that have taken place from the fourth century BC to the present day. Topics of discussion include diagnostic and therapeutic techniques, pharmacotherapy, the creation of new genres of medical writing and schools of doctrine.

LC Classification NumberR601