Monkey and the Inkpot - Natural History and Its Transformations in Early Modern China

Klappentext In the first book-length study in English of the Bencao gangmu (Systematic materia medica) of Li Shizhen (1518-1593)! Nappi reveals a "cabinet of curiosities" of gems! beasts! and oddities whose author was devoted to using natural history to guide the application of natural and artificial objects as medical drugs. Zusammenfassung In the first book-length study in English of the Bencao gangmu (Systematic materia medica) of Li Shizhen (1518–1593), Nappi reveals a “cabinet of curiosities” of gems, beasts, and oddities whose author was devoted to using natural history to guide the application of natural and artificial objects as medical drugs.

Product details

• Authors: Carla Nappi, Carla Suzan Nappi
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2009
• EAN: 9780674035294
• ISBN: 978-0-674-03529-4
• No. of pages: 250
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Alternativmedizin, China, Die Natur: Sachbuch, 16. Jahrhundert (1500 bis 1599 n. Chr.), Geschichte der Medizin, Asiatische Geschichte, Geography, MEDICAL / Alternative & Complementary Medicine, MEDICAL / History, HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, HISTORY / Asia / China, History of Medicine, c 1500 onwards to present day, complementary medicine, Asian History, Nature and the natural world: general interest, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599