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OverviewMedical 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. In the century that followed, pressure to reform traditional medicine in China came not only from this small clutch of Westerners, but from within the country itself, as governments set on modernization aligned themselves against the traditions of the past, and individuals saw in the Western system the potential for new wealth and power. 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. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Bridie AndrewsPublisher: University of British Columbia Press Imprint: University of British Columbia Press Weight: 0.460kg ISBN: 9780774824330ISBN 10: 0774824336 Pages: 316 Publication Date: 31 January 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents1 Modernities and Medicines 2 The Spectrum of Chinese Healing Practices 3 Missionary Medicine from the West 4 The Significance of Medical Reforms in Japan 5 Public Health and State-Building 6 Medical Lives 7 New Medical Institutions 8 From New Theories to New Practices 9 Conclusions: Medicine and Modernity with David L. Schwarzkopf Notes; Bibliography; IndexReviews[The Making of Modern Chinese Medicine, 1850-1960] present[s] a number of astute insights that promise to remain authoritative in the field for years to come ... Andrews's discussion of the advent of scientific acupuncture provides a sorely needed historical explanation for its contemporary survival and popularity. -- Howard Chiang * Journal of the History of Medicine * Author InformationBridie Andrews is an associate professor of history at Bentley University and teaches history of medicine at the New England School of Acupuncture. She has co-edited two books, Western Medicine as Contested Knowledge (1997) and Medicine and Identity in the Colonies (2003). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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