Bridie Andrews

The Making of Modern Chinese Medicine, 1850-1960

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A history of the convergence of Western and Chinese medical practices in modern China.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Paperback
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9780774824323
• ISBN-10: 0774824328
• Artikelnr.: 41608781

Autorenporträt

Bridie Andrews is an associate professor of history at Bentley University and teaches history of medicine at the New England School of Acupuncture. She has co-edited two books, Western Medicine as Contested Knowledge (1997) and Medicine and Identity in the Colonies (2003).

Inhaltsangabe

1 Modernities and Medicines
2 The Spectrum of Chinese Healing Practices
3 Missionary Medicine from the West
4 The Significance of Medical Reforms in Japan
5 Public Health and State-Building
6 Medical Lives
7 New Medical Institutions
8 From New Theories to New Practices
9 Conclusions: Medicine and Modernity with David L. Schwarzkopf
Notes; Bibliography; Index