Chapter ID: CBB817915810

Knowledge of Medicine and the Development of Materia Medica (2021)

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Liao, Yuqun (Author)
Jiang, Xiaoyuan (Editor)


Springer
Pages: 171-210
Publication date: 2021
Language: English


Both “medicine” and “Materia Medica” are concepts difficult to define. This chapter tries to offer comprehensive explanations to these two concepts. By introducing some famous Chinese classical books on medicine, medical organizations and drug processing methods are illustrated.

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Authors & Contributors
Unschuld, Paul Ulrich
Li, Shizhen
Nappi, Carla Suzan
Bernschneider-Reif, Sabine
Chiang, Howard Hsueh-Hao
Di, Lu
Journals
Korean Journal of Medical History
Asian Medicine: Tradition and Modernity
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin Canadienne d'Histoire de la Medecine
Chinese Journal for the History of Science and Technology
Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period
East Asian Science, Technology and Society: An International Journal
Publishers
University of California Press
Princeton University
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Govi-Verlag
Harvard University Press
Springer
Concepts
Materia medica
Medicine, Chinese traditional
Terminology and nomenclature
Natural history
Medicine
East Asia, civilization and culture
People
Li, Shizhen
Galen
Hartlieb, Johannes
Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Amadeus
Jones, William
Linnaeus, Carolus
Time Periods
16th century
18th century
Ancient
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
17th century
Places
China
India
Tibet
Asia
Europe
Germany
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