Forgotten disease : illnesses transformed in Chinese medicine /
Hilary A. Smith.
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, (c)2017.
- 1 online resource.
- Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Foot qi in early Chinese medicine -- Competing for medical authority -- Simplifying and standardizing disease -- The northerner's eating disorder -- Getting rich and getting sick -- Creating beriberi in Meiji Japan -- Foot qi's multiple meanings in modern East Asia.
9781503603509
Beri-beri--History.--China Medicine--History.--China Foot--Diseases--History.--China Medical literature--History.--China