Medicine and society in late imperial China : a study of physicians in Suzhou, 1600-1850 /

Medicine and society in late imperial China : a study of physicians in Suzhou, 1600-1850 /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Chao, Yüan-ling, 1959-
Imprint:	New York : Peter Lang, c2009.
Description:	xii, 206 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Asian thought and culture, 0893-6870 ; v. 61
Subject:	Medicine, Chinese -- China -- Suzhou Shi (Jiangsu Sheng) -- History. Confucianism. History, Modern 1601- -- China. Confucianism -- history -- China. Physician's Role -- history -- China. Sociology, Medical -- China. Confucianism. Medicine, Chinese. China -- Suzhou Shi (Jiangsu Sheng) History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7848625

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ISBN:	9781433103810 (hardback : alk. paper) 1433103818 (hardback : alk. paper)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.

Table of Contents:

The "Confucianization" of medicine : the idea of the ruyi (Confucian physician) in late imperial China
State and medicine : the Sanhuang miao (Temple of the Three Emperors)
Medical theories and the development of the Wenbing school
Suzhou physicians
Maintaining health in Suzhou
Practicing medicine : specialization and the transmission of knowledge.