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Medicine in China Historical Artifacts
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 Medicine in China Historical Artifacts |
Item Number: 48382
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Medicine in China Historical Artifacts (hardcover, 220 pp.) by Paul Unschuld.
In this superbly illustrated text Unschuld continues his exploration of
Chinese traditional medicine through an examination of the art, craft,
and commercial artifacts of its history in China. Beginning with an
historical overview, Unschuld examines the literature of medicine and
pharmacy, taking the Mawangdui text as the starting point. In
successive chapters he examines drug use and pharmacology, including
mass-produced products and how they were marketed, pharmacies, their
containers, and equipment. This is followed by an revealing examination
of physicians, including the itinerant physicians about whom little has
been published in Western writings, medical scholars, and official
physicians. The chapter, "Medicine, Healing, and Popular Religion"
examines the evolution of Tang physician Sun Simiao from healer to
medical god.
The final chapter discusses Chinese medicine in art and literature
beginning with an overview of the distinctions between East and West in
the medical subjects chosen, or ignored for artistic portrayal, the
concentration on portraits of famous Chinese physicians in painting and
the relationship of medical subjects in art to Chinese beliefs and
customs. The text concludes with 178 plates, many in color, that include
acupuncture charts and equipment, pharmaceutical preparation equipment
and formula packaging, paintings of medical subjects and physicians, and
statuary.
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