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Historical epistemology and the making of modern Chinese medicine / edited by Howard Chiang. - 1 online resource (xv, 276 pages) : illustrations - Manchester History of Medicine .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Historical epistemology and the making of modern Chinese medicine -- Objects -- Within the lungs, the stomach, and the mind: covergences and divergences in the medical and natural histories of Ginkgo biloba -- Bodily knowledge and western learning in late imperial China: the case of Wang Shixiong (1808-68) -- Blood in the history of modern Chinese medicine -- Authority -- The only options? "Experience" and "theory" in debates over forensic knowledge and expertise in early twentieth-century China -- State power, governmentality, and the (mis)rememberance of Chinese medicine -- Slow medicine: how Chinese medicine became efficacious only for chronic conditions -- Existence -- Metaphysics at the bedside -- How to make "acubabies."

This collection expands the history of Chinese medicine by bridging the philosophical concerns of epistemology and the history and cultural politics of transregional medical formations.


In English.

ISBN: 9781784991906 (electronic bk.) 1784991902 (electronic bk.) (ePUB eBook)

Standard No.: 10.7765/9781784991906 doi

Source: 22573/ctt1mfmfp5 JSTOR

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 018363835 Uk

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Medicine, Chinese--History.--China
Medicine, Chinese Traditional--history
Médecine chinoise--Histoire.--Chine
HEALTH & FITNESS--Holism.
HEALTH & FITNESS--Reference.
MEDICAL--Alternative Medicine.
MEDICAL--Atlases.
MEDICAL--Essays.
MEDICAL--Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL--Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL--Osteopathy.
HISTORY--Europe--Ireland.
Medicine, Chinese.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
China.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: R601 / .H45 2015

Dewey Class. No.: 610.9/51/09

National Library of Medicine Call No.: WB 55.C4 H673 2015