Smith, Hilary A.,

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


Electronic Books.

RC627 / .F674 2017