Study on pictures in Yangyi Daquan
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Chinese Journal of Medical History / Zhong Hua Yi Shi Za Zhi
A total of 223 pictures were included in Yangyi Daquan (Complete Collection of Skin Diseases), a surgical masterpiece work with the most abundant image classification extant before the Republic of China. They can be divided into seven categories: the philosophical basis of Chinese medicine and the theory of five evolutive phases and six climatic factors, the figures of visceral manifestation, the figures of acupuncture and acupoint, the figures of diagnosis, the figures of disease, the figure
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Textual research on lost ancient Chinese medical books in Bencao Tujing
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Chinese Journal of Medical History / Zhong Hua Yi Shi Za Zhi
Bencao Tujing (Illustration Classics for Materia Medica) occupies an irreplaceable academic position in the academic history of Chinese Materia Medica. It was written in the early Song Dynasty. The contents of Chinese medical books before Song Dynasty have not been revised by Song Dynasty officials, and the original appearance of earlier documents have been preserved. Domestic and foreign scholars mainly focus on the textual research of Chinese Materia medica patterns, and academic value rese
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The epidemic and prevention of plagues in modern Shanghai
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Chinese Journal of Medical History / Zhong Hua Yi Shi Za Zhi
There are some errors in edition descriptions of Ma Peizhi's Medical Collection and Ma's Medical Theories. The researches on them are also insufficient. Editions of Medical Collection are very complex. Since there coexist early editions, later revised editions and enlarged editions. Ma's Medical Theories was serialized in Shaoxing Medicine Journal during the Republic of China. On this foundation, related collation works come out constantly and additions and deletions between inscr
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A study on the knowledge construction of the transformation of Borneol into traditional Chinese medicine
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Chinese Journal of Medical History / Zhong Hua Yi Shi Za Zhi
Borneol was widely used in Arabia in medieval times. After Borneol had been introduced into China and experienced theoretical thinking and clinical practice, traditional Chinese medicine(TCM) went"Chinese materia medicalized"knowledge construction on it with absorbing related foreign knowledge. In the Tang Dynasty, borneol has been officially included in the Chinese materia medica works. Since the Song Dynasty, the medicinal knowledge of borneol has been continuously expanded. The p
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A new textual research of Yin Zhongchun and Yi Zang Shu Mu
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Chinese Journal of Medical History / Zhong Hua Yi Shi Za Zhi
Yi Zang Shu Mu (The List of Medicine Books), written by Yin Zhongchun, is China's earliest medical bibliographer. The years of birth and death of Yin Zhongchun was unknown. By text research, it is confirmed that Yin Zhongchun was born in the 20th Year of Jiajing in Ming Dynasty (1541) and died in the First Year of Tianqi(1621). The only currently existing block-printed edition of Yi Zang Shu Mu is the Fan Xingzhun Qi Fen Shi edition in the library of China Academy of Chinese Medical Scien
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Textual research on the birthplace of Chen Xunzhai, a doctor of the Republic of China
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Chinese Journal of Medical History / Zhong Hua Yi Shi Za Zhi
Chen Xunzhai was a famous Fujian traditional Chinese medicine expert in the period of the Republic of China. There are different records of his native place in the existing literature. By reviewing the published journals and books, interviewing Chen Xunzhai's scattered works and genealogy and visiting his descendants, this article conducted investigations and researches and confirmed that Chen Xunzhai, also named Guangcheng, was born in Shangyang Village, Gaopo Town in Yongding County of
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The method of boiling gelatin in Qimin Yaoshu and its contemporary value
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Chinese Journal of Medical History / Zhong Hua Yi Shi Za Zhi
Qimin Yaoshu (Essential Techniques for the Welfare of the People), written in the Northern Wei Dynasty, had a specific record of process of boiling down gelatin, it involved 12 steps. Comparing with the methods of later generations, we find that the main differences lie in 6 aspects: shaving hair, adding accessories, duration and degree of heating for gel-forming, preventing gelatin from scorching, drying method, checking water quality. Especially, it is considered that the experience of no h
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On the dawn of human dissections in early modern Japan
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Chinese Journal of Medical History / Zhong Hua Yi Shi Za Zhi
The commencement of human dissections in Japan during the Edo period is often depicted as the individual achievement of Yamawaki Tōyō. In 1754, this renowned scholar of the "School of Ancient Prescriptions, " feeling unable to resolve discrepancies in the Chinese classical literature, succeeded in obtaining permission for a dissection and was allocated a corpse at the execution place in Kyoto. However, a closer look at this issue reveals that the paradigm change to gaining knowled
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Compilation and dissemination of Introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine
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Chinese Journal of Medical History / Zhong Hua Yi Shi Za Zhi
After the policy adjustment of traditional Chinese medicine, it was the publication of Introduction to Traditional Chinese Medicine that really solved the problem of learning traditional Chinese medicine for western medicine doctors and basic teaching materials of traditional Chinese medicine. This traditional Chinese medicine book with the largest sales volume in that year, met the needs of the ministry of health after the reorganization and the historical stage in many aspects, and also pre
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