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Dictionary of the Ben cao gang mu, Volume 1: Chinese Historical Illness Terminology
Zhibin Zhang
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Description for Dictionary of the Ben cao gang mu, Volume 1: Chinese Historical Illness Terminology
Hardback. The Ben cao gang mu, compiled in the second half of the sixteenth century by a team led by the physician Li Shizhen (1518 1593) on the basis of previously published books and contemporary knowledge, is the largest encyclopedia of natural history in Chinese materia medica works. This series analyzes the meaning of 4,500 historical illness terms. Num Pages: 764 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; GBC; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 236 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1154.
The Ben cao gang mu, compiled in the second half of the sixteenth century by a team led by the physician Li Shizhen (1518 1593) on the basis of previously published books and contemporary knowledge, is the largest encyclopedia of natural history in a long tradition of Chinese materia medica works. Its description of almost 1,900 pharmaceutically used natural and man-made substances marks the apex of the development of premodern Chinese pharmaceutical knowledge. The Ben cao gang mu dictionary offers access to this impressive work of 1,600,000 characters. This first book in a three-volume series analyzes the meaning of 4,500 ... Read more
The Ben cao gang mu, compiled in the second half of the sixteenth century by a team led by the physician Li Shizhen (1518 1593) on the basis of previously published books and contemporary knowledge, is the largest encyclopedia of natural history in a long tradition of Chinese materia medica works. Its description of almost 1,900 pharmaceutically used natural and man-made substances marks the apex of the development of premodern Chinese pharmaceutical knowledge. The Ben cao gang mu dictionary offers access to this impressive work of 1,600,000 characters. This first book in a three-volume series analyzes the meaning of 4,500 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
764
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520283954
SKU
V9780520283954
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About Zhibin Zhang
Zhang Zhibin is Professor at the Institute of Basic Research in Clinical Medicine, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. Paul U. Unschuld is Professor and Director of the Horst-Goertz Endowment Institute for the Theory, History, and Ethics of Chinese Life Sciences at Charite-Medical University, Berlin. His previous books include Medicine in China: A History of Ideas (UC Press). ... Read more
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