Dictionary of the Ben cao gang mu, Volume 1 - Chinese Historical Illness Terminology (Hardcover)

The "Ben cao gang mu," compiled in the second half of the sixteenth century by a team led by the physician Li Shizhen (1518-1593) on the basis of previously published books and contemporary knowledge, is the largest encyclopedia of natural history in a long tradition of Chinese materia medica works. Its description of almost 1900 pharmaceutically used natural and man-made substances marks the apex of the development of premodern Chinese pharmaceutical knowledge. The "Ben cao gang mu" dictionary offers access to this impressive work of 1,600,000 characters. This first book in a three-volume series analyzes the meaning of 4500 historical illness terms.

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2014
First published:	2015
Authors:	Zhi-Bin Zhang • Paul U Unschuld
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 51mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	764
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-28395-4
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > History of medicine Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Encyclopaedias & reference works > Reference works > General
LSN:	0-520-28395-3
Barcode:	9780520283954

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