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Medicine in China: A History of Pharmaceutics (Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care)
 
 
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Medicine in China: A History of Pharmaceutics (Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care) [Hardcover]

Paul U. Unschuld (Author)

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Comparative Studies of Health Systems and Medical Care February 13, 1986
Unschuld provides a description and analysis of the contents and structure of traditional Chinese pharmaceutical literature. Unschuld has selected some one hundred titles in this far-reaching study.

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Closely associated with the entire complex of traditional Chinese pharmaceutics and pharmaceutical literature is Shen-nung, a deity which lent its name to some of the earliest herbals documented in ancient Chinese bibliographies. Read the first page
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renowned medical men, ten general sections, drug illustrations, medicinal effectiveness, drug descriptions, upper class chapter, maceutical literature, ten illnesses, five depots, lower class chapter, kagaku gijutsushi, drug code, magic correspondence, ping fang, medicinal strength, raw drugs, monograph section, finest influences, medicinal forms, refined drugs, drug monographs, pharmaceutical knowledge, middle class chapter, prescription literature, individual monographs
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T'ao Hung-ching, Republic of China, K'ou Tsung-shih, Chang Yüan-su, T'ang Shen-wei, Ch'en Ts'ang-ch'i, Meng Shen, Chang Chi, Wang Hao-ku, Tsou Shu, Chang Yü-hsi, Imperial Medical Office, Miu Hsi-yung, Sun Ssu-mo, Chu Chen-heng, Lei Hsü, Liu Wen-t'ai, Sun Hsing-yen, Wang Chi-hsien, Yao K'o-ch'eng, Chu Hsi, Hsüeh Chi, Liu Chien, Hsü Ta-ch'un, T'ao Yin-chü
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