History of the trial textbook compilation of the first and second editions of the college of Traditional Chinese Medicine
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Chinese Journal of Medical History / Zhong Hua Yi Shi Za Zhi
A series of policies and measures to support the development of Chinese medicine were issued by the Chinese government after 1954, including offering courses for western medicine physicians to study Chinese medicine, establishing Chinese medicine colleges, and opening Chinese medicine classes. High level unified Chinese medicine textbooks were required for teaching quality. The first edition of the textbook for Traditional Chinese Medicine was successfully compiled and published in 1959 by th
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Understanding of Smallpox in Ancient China
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Chinese Journal of Medical History / Zhong Hua Yi Shi Za Zhi
Smallpox was believed afferent before the Sui Dynasty. Some relatively accurate descriptions about smallpox were found in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Smallpox was recognized as a severe infectious disease that caused by pathogenic heat by the observation of its wapoliex symptoms and appearance. was caused by the heat accumulation in the Zang-Fu organs in the early period of the North Song Dynasty. After that, it was believed caused by the fetus ingesting the filthy liquid from the mother as t
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The evolution and development of palliative and hospice care
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Chinese Journal of Medical History / Zhong Hua Yi Shi Za Zhi
Palliative and Hospice Care initially developed in Great Britain. It was founded by Cicely Saunders for the humane care of terminally ill cancer patients and her institution was established as the first modern hospice in England. The concept developed gradually into a systematic medical program for terminal ill patients and was subsequently been generalised worldwide. The palliative and hospice care model currently in Taiwan of China is characterised by the joint participation of the governme
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The quotations of Yijing Dazhi from the Danxi Yi An
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Chinese Journal of Medical History / Zhong Hua Yi Shi Za Zhi
"Medical Classics" was written by He Yue, Haiyan in the Ming Dynasty. The book quoted part of the contents of "Danxi Medical Cases", some of which were discovered for the first time. Using the method of philology, the contents of "Danxi Medical Cases" quoted in "Medical Classics" are compared with those in "Danxi Medical Press", "Ge Zhi Yu Lun", "Danxi Compilation Essentials", "Danxi Therapeutic Heart Essentials"
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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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