Healing with poisons : potent medicines in medieval China /
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Author / Creator: | Liu, Yan (Cultural historian), author. |
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Imprint: | Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2021] |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12656799 |
Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chronology of Dynasties
- Introduction
- Part I. Malleable Medicines
- Chapter 1. Te Paradox of Du
- Chapter 2. Transforming Poisons
- Part II. Knowledge, Authority, and Practice
- Chapter 3. Fighting Poison with Poison
- Chapter 4. Medicines in Circulation
- Chapter 5. Medicines in Practice
- Part III. Enhancing the Body
- Chapter 6. Alluring Stimulant
- Chapter 7. Dying to Live
- Conclusion
- Glossary of Chinese Characters
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- G
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
- Back Cover