Global Circulation of Chinese Materia Medica, 1700–1949

A Microhistory of the Caterpillar Fungus

AvDi Lu

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

Del i serien Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History

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Tracing the transmission of the caterpillar fungus from China to France, Britain, Russia and Japan, the book investigates the tensions that existed between prevailing Chinese knowledge and new European ideas about the caterpillar fungus.

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Utgivningsdatum:2024-02-08
Mått:148 x 210 x 17 mm
Vikt:401 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Medicine and Biomedical Sciences in Modern History
Antal sidor:294
Förlag:Springer International Publishing AG
ISBN:9783031247255

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Di Lu is a historian of medicine and modern science. He studied at the University of Kent and University College London, and served as a Thomas Arthur Arnold Fellow, Dan David Scholar, and Zvi Yavetz Fellow at Tel Aviv University. His research explores the transnational history of medicine and natural history, with a specific focus on cross-cultural exchanges of medicinal substances and species between East Asia and the West from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries.

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1. Introduction.- 2. The Spread of a Sino-Tibetan Marvel.- 3. The Caterpillar Fungus Travels Overseas.- 4. The Caterpillar Fungus Teases.- 5. New Caterpillar Fungus Emerges and Negotiates.- 6. Conclusion.