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Ben cao gang mu dictionary. Volume one Chinese historical illness terminology

Zhibin Zhang

16 January 2015

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Book Synopsis

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 1,900 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 4,500 historical illness terms.

About The Author

Zhang Zhibin is Professor at the Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. Paul U. Unschuld is Professor and Director of the Horst-Goertz Endowment Institute for the Theory, History, and Ethics of Chinese Life Sciences at Charité-Medical University, Berlin. His previous books include Medicine in China: A History of Ideas (UC Press).

Product Details

ISBN: 9780520283954
Format: Hardback
Publisher: University of California Press, (16 January 2015)
Number of Pages: 761
Weight: 1179 grams
Language: English
Dimensions: 229 x 152 x 51 mm
Categories:: Dictionaries