The Global Circulation of Chinese Materia Medica, 1700–1949

The Global Circulation of Chinese Materia Medica, 1700–1949
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Publisher : Springer Nature
Total Pages : 301
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ISBN-10 : 9783031247231
ISBN-13 : 303124723X
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Book Synopsis The Global Circulation of Chinese Materia Medica, 1700–1949 by : Di Lu

Download or read book The Global Circulation of Chinese Materia Medica, 1700–1949 written by Di Lu and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-03-11 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the dissemination of knowledge around Chinese medicinal substances from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries in a global context. The author presents a microhistory of the caterpillar fungus, a natural, medicinal substance initially used by Tibetans no later than the fifteenth century and later assimilated into Chinese materia medica from the eighteenth century onwards. 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. Emerging in eighteenth and nineteenth-century Europe, these ideas eventually reached communities of scientists, physicians and other intellectuals in Japan and China. Seeking to examine why the caterpillar fungus engaged the attention of so many scientific communities across the globe, the author offers a transnational perspective on the making of modern European natural history and Chinese materia medica.


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