Historical epistemology and the making of modern Chinese medicine / edited by Howard Chiang.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chiang, Howard, 1983- editor.

Series:

Manchester History of Medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine, Chinese--History.

Medicine, Chinese.

China.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 276 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2015.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Introduction

1. “Historical epistemology and the making of modern Chinese medicine” Howard Chiang

Part I. Objects

2. Kuang-chi Hung, “Within the Lungs, the Stomach, and the Mind: Convergences and Divergences in the Medical and Natural Histories of Ginkgo biloba” [4 illustrations]

3. Yi-Li Wu, “Bodily Knowledge and Western Learning in Late Imperial China: The Case of Wang Shixiong (1808-68)” [1 illustration]

4. Bridie Andrews, “Blood in the History of Modern Chinese Medicine” [5 illustrations]

Part II. Authority

5. Daniel Asen, “The Only Options? ‘Experience’ and ‘Theory’ in Debates Over Forensic Knowledge and Expertise in Early Twentieth-Century China”

6. David Luesink, “State Power, Governmentality, and the (Mis)Remembrance of Chinese Medicine”

7. Eric Karchmer, “Slow Medicine: How Chinese Medicine Became Efficacious Only for Chronic Conditions”

Part III. Existence

8. Judith Farquhar, “Metaphysics at the Bedside”

9. Leon Antonio Rocha, “How to Make ‘Acubabies’”

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781781708460

1781708460

9781784991906

1784991902

OCLC:

981875279