The Global Circulation of Chinese Materia Medica, 1700-1949 - A Microhistory of the Caterpillar Fungus (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2023)

This book explores the dissemination of knowledge around Chinese medicinal substances from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries in a global context. The author presents a microhistory of the caterpillar fungus, a natural, medicinal substance initially used by Tibetans no later than the fifteenth century and later assimilated into Chinese materia medica from the eighteenth century onwards. Tracing the transmission of the caterpillar fungus from China to France, Britain, Russia and Japan, the book investigates the tensions that existed between prevailing Chinese knowledge and new European ideas about the caterpillar fungus. Emerging in eighteenth and nineteenth-century Europe, these ideas eventually reached communities of scientists, physicians and other intellectuals in Japan and China. Seeking to examine why the caterpillar fungus engaged the attention of so many scientific communities across the globe, the author offers a transnational perspective on the making of modern European natural history and Chinese materia medica.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History
Release date:	June 2023
First published:	2023
Authors:	Di Lu
Dimensions:	210 x 148mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	128
Edition:	1st ed. 2023
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-124722-4
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Science & Mathematics > Science: general issues > History of science Books > Humanities > History > World history > General Books > Humanities > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > Asian / Middle Eastern history > General Books > History > World history > General Promotions
LSN:	3-03-124722-1
Barcode:	9783031247224

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