Science and civilisation in China. Vol.6. Pt.6, Biology and biological technology. Medicine

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Series-title......Page 7
Title......Page 9
Copyright......Page 10
Dedication......Page 11
CONTENTS......Page 13
ILLUSTRATIONS......Page 16
TABLES......Page 17
SERIES EDITOR’S PREFACE......Page 19
EDITOR\'S INTRODUCTION......Page 21
 THE CONTENTS OF THIS VOLUME......Page 23
 RECURRENT THEMES......Page 26
  Science, magic and religion......Page 29
  Taoism......Page 30
  Confluence......Page 33
  Boundaries between science and technology......Page 34
  Medical history......Page 36
  Sinology......Page 37
 RESEARCH IN ASIA......Page 38
 CURRENT AND FUTURE RESEARCH ISSUES......Page 41
  European and American medicine......Page 42
  Chinese medicine......Page 43
  Theory and practice......Page 45
  Local studies......Page 46
  Medical pluralism......Page 48
  Experience of patients......Page 49
  Negotiation in medical encounters......Page 50
  Economics of medical practice......Page 51
  Occupational organisation......Page 52
 TERRA INCOGNITA: THE SCIENTIFIC VALUE OF THERAPIES......Page 54
 EDITING CONVENTIONS......Page 56
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS......Page 57
  (1) THE GENERAL POSITION OF MEDICINE AND MEDICAL DOCTORS IN TRADITIONAL-CHINESE SOCIETY......Page 58
  (2) THE PRINCIPAL DOCTRINES OF CHINESE MEDICINE......Page 62
  (3) THE FATHERS AND THEIR HISTORY......Page 65
  (4) INFLUENCES OF BUREAUCRATISM ON CHINESE MEDICINE......Page 72
  (5) INFLUENCES OF THE CHINESE RELIGIOUS SYSTEMS ON MEDICINE......Page 77
  (6) ACCUPNCTURE......Page 80
  (8) THE POSSIBLE INTEGRATION OF TRADITIONAL-CHINESE AND MODERN-WESTERN MEDICINE......Page 85
  (2) EARLY CONCEPTS OF PREVENTION......Page 87
  (3) ANCIENT LITERATURE......Page 90
  (4) THE YELLOW EMPEROR\'S TREATISE......Page 94
  (5) HYGIENE, MENTAL AND PHYSICAL......Page 96
   (i) Diet......Page 98
   (ii) Water and tea......Page 100
   (iii) Cooking and nutritional hygiene......Page 101
  (7) PERSONAL HYGIENE AND SANITATIONS......Page 104
  (8) CARE OF TEETH......Page 110
  (9) SPECIFIC DISEASES: THE EXAMPLE OF RABIES......Page 111
  (10) COMPARISONS AND CONCLUSIONS......Page 112
  (1) INTRODUCATION......Page 115
  (2) MEDICAL POSTS......Page 116
  (4) MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS......Page 118
  (5) PROVINCIAL MEDICAL EDUCATION......Page 124
  (6) SUNG MEDICAL EDUCATION......Page 125
  (7) SUNG MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS......Page 128
  (8) ISLAMIC INFLUENCE ON EUROPE......Page 131
  (9) CHINESE INFLUENCE ON ISLAM......Page 132
  (10) CONCLUSIONS......Page 133
  (I) INTRODUCATION......Page 134
  (2) SMALLPOX IN HISTORY......Page 144
  (3) AETIOLOGY AND THEORY IN CHINA......Page 147
  (4) THE EARLIEST MENTIONS OF INOCULATION......Page 154
  (5) METHODS OF INOCULATION......Page 160
  (6) ATTENUATION......Page 163
  (7) VARIOLATION IN THE WEST......Page 165
  (8) VACCINATION......Page 169
   (i) Wang Tan......Page 174
   (ii) Religious connections of inoculation......Page 176
   (iii) Sickness and sin......Page 181
  (10) THE ETHNOGRAPHICAL DIMENSION......Page 184
  (11) CONCLUSION......Page 188
   WANG TAN......Page 189
   THE RELIGIOUS CONNECTIONS OF INOCULATIONS......Page 191
   CONCLUSION......Page 193
 (e )FORENSIC MEDICINE......Page 195
  (1) SUNG TZHU AND HIS TIMES......Page 197
  (2) THE HSI YÜAN CHI LU......Page 198
  (3) FORENSIC MEDICINE IN CHINA BEFORE SUNG TZHU......Page 199
  (4) THE BAMBOO SLIPS OF CHHIN......Page 201
  (5) EARLIER EVIDENCE......Page 206
  (6) THE DEVLOPMENT OF THE SUBJECT IN YÜAN AND MING......Page 207
  (7) THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SUBJECT IN CHHING TIMES......Page 208
  (8) MATTERS OF MEDICAL INTEREST......Page 212
  (9) SOME COMPARISONS WITH EUROPE......Page 216
   (1) TRANSLATIONS......Page 219
   (2) EDITIONS......Page 220
BIBLIOGRAPHIES......Page 221
 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS......Page 222
  NEW EDITIONS......Page 224
 A. CHINESE AND JAPANESE BOOKS BEFORE +1800......Page 225
 B. CHINESE AND JAPANESE BOOKS AND JOURNAL ARTICLES SINCE +1800......Page 232
 C. BOOKS AND ARTICLES IN WESTERN LANGUAGES......Page 239
ROMANISATION CONVERSION TABLES......Page 256
ROMANISATION CONVERSION TABLES......Page 257
INDEX......Page 263