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The Making of Modern Chinese Medicine, 1850-1960 (Paperback) Loot Price: R646

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The Making of Modern Chinese Medicine, 1850-1960 (Paperback): Bridie Andrews

The Making of Modern Chinese Medicine, 1850-1960 (Paperback)

Bridie Andrews

Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies

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Medical care in nineteenth-century China was spectacularly pluralistic: herbalists, shamans, bone-setters, midwives, priests, and a few medical missionaries from the West all competed for patients. This book examines the dichotomy between "Western" and "Chinese" medicine, showing how it has been greatly exaggerated. As missionaries went to lengths to make their medicine more acceptable to Chinese patients, modernizers of Chinese medicine worked to become more "scientific" by eradicating superstition and creating modern institutions. Andrews challenges the supposed superiority of Western medicine in China while showing how "traditional" Chinese medicine was deliberately created in the image of a modern scientific practice.

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Imprint:	University of British Columbia Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Series:	Contemporary Chinese Studies
Release date:	2015
First published:	2014
Authors:	Bridie Andrews
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	316
ISBN-13:	978-0-7748-2433-0
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Medicine > Complementary medicine > Acupuncture Books > Health, Home & Family > Mind, body & spirit > Alternative therapies, healing & health Books > Medicine > Complementary medicine > Traditional medicine & remedies > Chinese medicine Books > Mind, Body & Spirit > Alternative therapies, healing & health Promotions
LSN:	0-7748-2433-6
Barcode:	9780774824330