Science and Civilisation in China, Part 6, Medicine

Joseph Needham, Lu Gwei-Djen, Nathan Sivin (University of Pennsylvania)

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Cambridge University Press
12 June 2000

History; History of science

Series: Science and Civilisation in China

The latest volume in Joseph Needham's magisterial review of China's premodern scientific and technological traditions introduces the history of medicine. Following the deaths of Joseph Needham and Lu Gwei-Djen, a considerable amount of written material on the development of Chinese medicine awaited publication. This material has been gathered together by the editor, Nathan Sivin, in the five essays contained in this volume. They offer a broad and readable account of medicine in culture, including hygiene and preventive medicine, forensic medicine and immunology, and the examinations taken by some Chinese physicians for more than a thousand years. Professor Sivin has edited the essays, expanding them where appropriate and incorporating the results of recent research. His extensive introduction discusses the contributions of Needham and Lu, placing the essays in context, and surveys recent scholarship from China, Japan, Europe and the United States.

By: Joseph Needham
With: Lu Gwei-Djen
Edited by: Nathan Sivin (University of Pennsylvania)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 255mm, Width: 195mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 754g
ISBN: 9780521632621
ISBN 10: 0521632625
Series: Science and Civilisation in China
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 12 June 2000
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Other merchandise
Publisher's Status: Active

Editor's introduction; a. Medicine in Chinese culture; b. Hygiene and preventive medicine; c. Qualifying examinations; d. The origins of immunology; e. Forensic medicine.

Reviews for Science and Civilisation in China, Part 6, Medicine

"""[An] astonishing and enduring study...[Needham brings] depth of emotion and technical finesse to his task."" Jonathan Spence, New York Review of Books ""Perhaps the greatest single act of historical synthesis and intercultural communication ever attempted by one man."" Laurence Picken, Cambridge University"