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Good Formulas : Empirical Evidence in Mid-Imperial Chinese Medical Texts /

"In Song-dynasty China (960-1279), narratives based on authors' personal experience began to proliferate in medical treatises, introducing a new strategy for substantiating knowledge. The rise of this empirical approach, which had appeared only sporadically in pre-Song medical literature,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Chen, Yunru (Researcher in Chinese history) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2023]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • New criteria for "good" medical formulas
  • Textual claims and local investigations
  • Demonstration of medical virtuosity
  • The search for therapies in the far south.