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MEDICINE AND SOCIETY IN LATE IMPERIAL CHINA - Y...

Medicine and Society in Late Imperial China explores the vibrant medical landscape in late
imperial China (1600-1850)  focusing on one of the most cultured and elegant cities in the
lower Yangzi region  Suzhou. The central theme of the book is that the economic prosperity and
intellectual vibrancy of late imperial Jiangnan fostered the emergence of a community of
physicians who engaged in lively debates concerning qualifications and practice  leading to a
growing sense of identity and new ways of theorizing and practicing medicine. It shows that the
classical medical tradition interacted in a fluid relationship with both the state and the folk
traditions. Medicine and Society in Late Imperial China is divided into two parts. Part I
provides a broad framework on the discourse on the ideal physician  as well as examining the
sanhuang miao (Temple of the Three Emperors) and challenges to existing medical theories by the
wenbing (warm factor) school. Part II focuses on Suzhou physicians and their writings within
the broad medical tradition  illustrates a local perspective of medicine's relationship with
the state through an examination of the outbreak of epidemics in Suzhou  and discusses the
development of the fields of specialties in medicine.

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