Antiquarianism, language, and medical philology : : from early modern to modern Sino-Japanese medical discourses / / edited by Benjamin A. Elman.

• Superior document: Sir Henry Wellcome Asian Series, Volume 12
• TeilnehmendeR: Elman, Benjamin A., 1946-
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands : : Brill,, [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Sir Henry Wellcome Asian series ; v.v. 12.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Based on several research seminars, the authors in this volume provide fresh perspectives of the intellectual and cultural history of East Asian medicine, 1550-1800. They use new sources, make new connections, and re-examine old assumptions, thereby interrogating whether and why European medical modernity is an appropriate standard for delineating the modern fate of East Asia’s medical classics. The unique importance of early modern Europe in the history of modern medicine should not be used to gloss over the equally unique and thus different developments in East Asia. Each paper offers an important contribution to understanding the dynamics of East Asian medicine, namely, the relationship between medical texts, medical practice, and practitioner identity. Furthermore, the essays in this volume are especially valuable for directing our attention to the movement of medical texts between different polities and cultures of early modern East Asia, especially China and Japan. Of particular interest are the interactions, similarities, and differences between medical thinkers across East Asia, Contributors include: Susan Burns, Benjamin A. Elman, Asaf Goldschmidt, Angela KC Leung, Federico Marcon, MAYANAGI Makoto, Fabien Simonis, Daniel Trambaiolo, and Mathias Vigouroux.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- 1 Rethinking the Sino-Japanese Medical Classics: Antiquarianism, Languages, and Medical Philology / Benjamin A. Elman -- 2 Reasoning with Cases: The Transmission of Clinical Medical Knowledge in Twelfth-Century Song China / Asaf Goldschmidt -- 3 Illness, Texts, and “Schools” in Danxi Medicine: A New Look at Chinese Medical History from 1320 to 1800 / Fabien Simonis -- 4 Ancient Texts and New Medical Ideas in Eighteenth-Century Japan / Daniel Trambaiolo -- 5 The Reception of the Circulation Channels Theory in Japan (1500–1800) / Mathias Vigouroux -- 6 A Village Doctor and the Treatise on Cold Damage Disorders (­Shanghan lun 傷寒論): Medical Theory / Medical Practice in Late Tokugawa Japan / Susan L. Burns -- 7 Honzōgaku after Seibutsugaku: Traditional Pharmacology as Antiquarianism after the Institutionalization of Modern Biology in Early Meiji Japan / Federico Marcon -- 8 Japanese Medical Texts in Chinese on Kakké in the Tokugawa and Early Meiji Periods / Angela Ki Che Leung -- 9 Yang Shoujing and the Kojima Family: Collection and Publication of Medical Classics / Mayanagi Makoto , Takashi Miura and Mathias Vigouroux -- Index / Benjamin A. Elman.