Historical epistemology and the making of modern Chinese medicine /

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Chiang, Howard, 1983- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2015.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Medicine, Chinese.
HISTORY > Europe > Ireland.
MEDICAL > Osteopathy.
MEDICAL > Holistic Medicine.
MEDICAL > Family & General Practice.
MEDICAL > Essays.
MEDICAL > Atlases.
MEDICAL > Alternative Medicine.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Reference.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Holism.
Medecine chinoise > Chine > Histoire.
Medicine, Chinese Traditional > history
Medicine, Chinese > China > History.
China.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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."

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