1st Edition
A Chinese Physician Wang Ji and the Stone Mountain Medical Case Histories
By Joanna Grant
Copyright 2003
256 Pages
by
Routledge
224 Pages
by
Routledge
256 Pages
by
Routledge
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A Chinese Physician is the portrait of a 16th century medical writer and clinical practitioner. Drawing on socio-economic/biographic, textual, and gender analysis along side a variety of sources, from hagiographical biographies to medical case histories, the book tells three very different but complementary stories about what it was to practise medicine in 16th century China. Woven together,... Read more
Part I - Wang Ji, medical culture and contemporary society
Part II - The Stone Mountain medical case histories
Part III - Wang Ji's medical practice: a textual analysis of the Stone Mountain medical case histories
Part IV - gender, culture and medicine: a gender analysis of the Stone Mountain medical case histories
Part II - The Stone Mountain medical case histories
Part III - Wang Ji's medical practice: a textual analysis of the Stone Mountain medical case histories
Part IV - gender, culture and medicine: a gender analysis of the Stone Mountain medical case histories
Biography
After graduating from Oxford University in 1993 with a degree in Oriental Studies (Chinese), Joanna Grant carried out research into various aspects of Chinese medical history at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, for which she was awarded a PhD in 1997.
'This book offers an extraordinary insight into the tradition that we study and practice.' - The Journal of Chinese Medicine
