The Evolution of Chinese Medicine

Asaf Goldschmidt

• Hardcover | Engels | Needham Research Institute
• The history of Chinese medicine hinges on three major turning points: the formation of canonical theory in the Han dynasty; the transformation of medi... Lees meer

Chinese Medicine in Early Communist China, 1945-1963

Kim Taylor

• Hardcover | Engels | Needham Research Institute
• This book describes the transformation of Chinese medicine from a marginal, side-lined medical practice of the mid-twentieth century, to an essential ... Lees meer

Rice, Agriculture, and the Food Supply in Premodern Japan

Charlotte Verschuer, Wendy Cobcroft

• Hardcover | Engels | Needham Research Institute
• The majority of studies on the agricultural history of Japan have focused on the public administration of land and production, and rice, the principal... Lees meer

Explorations in Daoism

Ho Peng Yoke

• Paperback | Engels | Needham Research Institute
• The Daoist canon is the definitive fifteenth century compilation of texts concerning ritual, alchemical and meditation practices within Daoist religio... Lees meer

Chinese Medicine in Early Communist China, 1945-1963

Kim Taylor

• Paperback | Engels | Needham Research Institute
• Using original sources, this significant text looks at the transformation of Chinese medicine from a marginal, side-lined medical practice of the earl... Lees meer

Chinese Mathematical Astrology

Ho Peng Yoke

• Hardcover | Engels | Needham Research Institute
• Though there are a number of well-written works on Chinese divination, there are none that deal with the three sophisticated devices that were employe... Lees meer

Tibetan Medicine in the Contemporary World

• Paperback | Engels | Needham Research Institute
• The popularity of Tibetan medicine plays a central role in the international market for alternative medicine and has been increasing and extending far... Lees meer

The Evolution of Chinese Medicine

Asaf Goldschmidt

• Paperback | Engels | Needham Research Institute
• The history of Chinese medicine hinges on three major turning points: the formation of canonical theory in the Han dynasty; the transformation of medi... Lees meer

A Chinese Physician

Joanna Grant

• Paperback | Engels | Needham Research Institute
• A Chinese Physician is the portrait of a 16th century medical writer and clinical practitioner. Drawing on socio-economic/biographic, textual, and gen... Lees meer

Reviving Ancient Chinese Mathematics

Jiri Hudecek

• Hardcover | Engels | Needham Research Institute
• Twentieth-century China has been caught between a desire to increase its wealth and power in line with other advanced nations, which, by implication, ... Lees meer

Speaking of Epidemics in Chinese Medicine

Marta Hanson

• Hardcover | Engels | Needham Research Institute
• This book traces the history of the Chinese concept of "Warm diseases" ( wenbing ) from antiquity to the SARS epidemic. Following wenbing from its bir... Lees meer

Speaking of Epidemics in Chinese Medicine

Marta Hanson

• Paperback | Engels | Needham Research Institute
• This book traces the history of the Chinese concept of "Warm diseases" ( wenbing ) from antiquity to the SARS epidemic. Following wenbing from its bir... Lees meer

The Politics of Chinese Medicine Under Mongol Rule

Reiko Shinno

• Hardcover | Engels | Needham Research Institute
• Under the rule of the descendants of Chinggis Khan (1167-1227), China saw the development of a new culture in which medical practice came to be consid... Lees meer

Asian Medical Industries

• Hardcover | Engels | Needham Research Institute
• This book develops the concept of Asian Medical Industries as a novel perspective on traditional Asian medicines. Complementing and updating existing ... Lees meer

Rice, Agriculture, and the Food Supply in Premodern Japan

Charlotte Verschuer, Wendy Cobcroft

• Paperback | Engels | Needham Research Institute
• This book examines the history of agriculture in premodern Japan, dealing with the history of agricultural techniques and the food supply, analysing i... Lees meer

A Chinese Physician

Joanna Grant

• Hardcover | Engels | Needham Research Institute
• This book brings to life the very human experiences, frustrations and aspirations of a well respected 16th centutry physician who struggled to win res... Lees meer

The Politics of Chinese Medicine Under Mongol Rule

Reiko Shinno

• Paperback | Engels | Needham Research Institute
• Under the rule of the descendants of Chinggis Khan (1167-1227), China saw the development of a new culture in which medical practice came to be consid... Lees meer

Bamboo in Vietnam

Đinh Trọng Hiếu, Emmanuel Poisson

• Hardcover | Engels | Needham Research Institute
• This book presents interdisciplinary research on bamboo in Vietnam drawing on the anthropology of gesture, ethnobotany, and the history of technology. Lees meer

Celestial Lancets

Gwei-Djen Lu, Joseph Needham

• Paperback | Engels | Needham Research Institute
• Using modern knowledge to shed light on ancient techniques, this text examines two of the earliest therapeutic techniques of Chinese medicine: acupunc... Lees meer

Celestial Lancets

Gwei-Djen Lu, Joseph Needham

• Hardcover | Engels | Needham Research Institute
• This study of two ancient therapeutic techniques of Chinese medicine gives a full account of both methods in the theoretical structure of Chinese medi... Lees meer

Reviving Ancient Chinese Mathematics

Jiri Hudecek

• Paperback | Engels | Needham Research Institute
• Twentieth-century China has been caught between a desire to increase its wealth and power in line with other advanced nations, which, by implication, ... Lees meer

The Chinese Astronomical Bureau, 1620-1850

Ping-Ying Chang

• Hardcover | Engels | Needham Research Institute
• This book offers a new insight into one of the most interesting and long-lived institutions known to historians of science, the Chinese imperial Astro... Lees meer

Tibetan Medicine in the Contemporary World

• Hardcover | Engels | Needham Research Institute
• This book analyzes Tibetan medicine in the twenty-first century by considering the contemporary reasons that have led to its diversity and asking how ... Lees meer

Medieval Chinese Medicine

Christopher Cullen, Vivienne Lo

• Hardcover | Engels | Needham Research Institute
• In recent decades various versions of Chinese medicine have begun to be widely practised in Western countries, and the academic study of the subject i... Lees meer