Medical Practice in Twelfth-Century China - A Translation of Xu Shuwei's Ninety Discussions [Cases] on Cold Damage Disorders

ISBN-13: 9783030061029 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 322 str.

Asaf Goldschmidt

Recenzje

“This is a masterpiece of scholarship. … this is a reference work that should be in the libraries of scholars, practitioners, historians of medicine, and Sinologists.” (Alain Touwaide, Doody's Book Reviews, January 10, 2020)

Spis treści

Preface

Part I

Note on the Translation

Introduction

Xu Shuwei—A Physician and a Scholar-Official

Xu Shuwei’s Books

Xu's Surviving Books: His Trilogy on Cold Damage Disorders and His Formulary

A Brief History of Medical Cases Histories in China

The General Pattern or Structure of Xu Shuwei's Case Histories

Part II: Translation of cases

Case #1 to Case #90

Blurb

This book is an annotated translation of Xu Shuwei’s (1080–1154) collection of 90 medical case records – Ninety Discussions of Cold Damage Disorders (shanghan jiushi lun 傷寒九十論) – which was the first such collection in China. The translation reveals patterns of social as well as medical history. This book provides the readers with a distinctive first hand perspective on twelfth-century medical practice, including medical aspects, such as nosology, diagnosis, treatment, and doctrinal reasoning supporting them. It also presents the social aspect of medical practice, detailing the various participants in the medical encounter, their role, the power relations within the encounter, and the location where the encounter occurred. Reading the translation of Xu’s cases allows the readers high-resolution snapshots of medicine and medical practice as reflected from the case records documented by this leading twelfth-century physician. The detailed introduction to the translation contextualizes Xu’s life and medical practice in the broader changes of this transformative era.