Forgotten Disease - Illnesses Transformed in Chinese Medicine

Hilary A. Smith is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Denver.

List of contents

Introduction

1. Foot Qi in Early Chinese Medicine

2. Competing for Medical Authority over Disease

3. Simplifying and Standardizing Disease

4. The Northerner's Dietary Disorder

5. Getting Rich and Getting Sick

6. Creating Beriberi in Meiji Japan

7. Foot Qi's Multiple Meanings in Modern East Asia

Conclusion

About the author

Hilary A. Smith is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Denver.

Product details

• Authors: Hilary A Smith, Hilary A. Smith
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2017
• EAN: 9781503602090
• ISBN: 978-1-5036-0209-0
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University; Studies of the Weatherhead Eas; Studies of the Weatherhead Eas; Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous