Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 6, Biology and Biological Technology, Part 6, Medicine

Joseph Needham

Cambridge University Press, Apr 13, 2000 - Technology & Engineering - 280 pages

The latest volume in Joseph Needham's magisterial revelation of China's premodern scientific and technological traditions introduces medicine. Five essays are included by Joseph Needham and Lu Gwei-djen, edited and expanded upon by the editor, Nathan Sivin. The essays offer broad and readable accounts of medicine in culture, including hygiene and preventive medicine, forensic medicine and immunology. Professor Sivin's extensive introduction discusses these essays, placing them in their historical and medical context, and surveys recent medical discoveries from China, Japan, Europe and the United States.

Contents

• MEDICINE page: 38
• Consultation with a physician page: 39
• A physician applying moxibustion: 46
• General views of the circulation tracts and the most important loci for acupuncture and moxibustion: 62
• b Hygiene and preventive medicine p: 67
• 3 Ancient literature p: 70
• Preventive medicine in the Shan hai ching page: 73
• 4 The Yellow Emperors treatise p: 74
• 5 Hygiene mental and physical p: 76
• 6 Principles of nutritional regimen p: 78
• 7 Personal hygiene and sanitation p: 84
• The soapbean tree: 87
• 8 Care of teeth p: 90
• the example of rabies p: 91
• 10 Comparisons and conclusions p: 92
• c Qualifying examinations p: 95
• 2 Medical posts p: 96
• 3 Medical teaching p: 98
• Technical administration +492: 99
• Veterinarian equine bone anatomy: 100
• 5 Provincial medical education p: 104
• 6 Sung medical education p: 105
• Hollow bronze statue used in acupuncture examinations: 106
• 7 Sung medical examinations p: 108
• 8 Islamic influence on Europe p: 111
• 9 Chinese influence on Islam p: 112
• 10 Conclusion: 113
• d The origins of immunology p: 114
• 2 Smallpox in history p: 124
• 3 Aetiology and theory in China p: 127
• Variations in smallpox symptoms due to internal abnormality: 128
• 4 The earliest mentions of inoculation p: 134
• 5 Methods of inoculation p: 140
• Talismans used in exorcism to cure smallpox in a child: 159
• Talismans for abnormal symptoms in smallpox: 160
• e Forensic medicine p: 175
• Official form used in inquests: 199
• BIBLIOGRAPHIES: 201
• GENERAL INDEX: 235
• Index: 243

Bibliographic information

• Title: Science and Civilisation in China: Volume 6, Biology and Biological Technology, Part 6, Medicine; Part 6 of Biology and biological technology; Science and Civilisation in China, Joseph Needham; Science and Civilisation in China: Biology and Biological Technology, Joseph Needham
• Author: Joseph Needham
• Editors: Lu Gwei-Djen, Nathan Sivin
• Contributors: Joseph Needham, Lu Gwei-Djen, Nathan Sivin
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2000
• ISBN: 0521632625, 9780521632621
• Length: 280 pages
• Subjects: History / Asia / China; Medical / History; Science / History; Technology & Engineering / History