Chapter 93 "History of Chinese Medicine" newly written by foreigners

"History of Chinese Medicine" newly written by foreigners A few days ago, I bought a newly published English "History of Chinese Medicine". I suddenly bought such a book, not because I had been ill before, and I started to care about such issues. Came here to study. "Six hundred million Shenzhou is full of Shunyao", a little illness in life, it is really not good It counts.I suddenly noticed this book because of the painting used on the cover, very interesting.The painting is a Chinese massage technique: "massage and loose bone".This is obviously a picture of the late Qing Dynasty

Folk medicine genre painting.In the picture, the two men have braids on top of their heads, as in "The True Story of Ah Q" The characters in the novel, wearing cloud-toed double-beam shoes and round-necked coats, sit on two wooden stools, one high and one low. The person to be massaged sits on a low stool, the doctor sits on a high stool, and puts his knee against the patient's back, right He picked up the patient's hand with his left hand and pressed his shoulder with his left hand, loosening the muscles and bones of his right arm. I have always liked to collect pictures of Chinese folk customs, and this picture of massage naturally attracted my attention

Interested, I read it in my hand, only to realize that it was a new book published in 1968, the original The author is French. It was published in Paris in 1968, and there was an English translation in the same year.must be very popular Welcome, otherwise there won't be a foreign language translation so soon.There are many illustrations attached to the book, including Monochrome, with color, from the picture of medical customs on the similar cover, the painting of famous doctors in ancient my country For example, Zhang Tianshi's healing talismans and even herbal illustrations are available.

What's even more rare is that there are also commemorative medical names issued by our country in 1962 printed in color. One is Sun Simiao's and the other is Shen Kuo's.There is also a picture of Miao carved by a modern printmaker. Woodcut of a tribal girl picking medicine.I think it's worth buying just to look at the illustrations, so no Without hesitation, I bought the English translation of "History of Chinese Medicine" written by a Frenchman. (Original French This book was co-authored by a Frenchman and a Chinese. "History of Chinese Medicine" is the original Chinese title of this book

say.In the preface, the author mentioned that when writing this book, he was influenced by the medical institutions of the Chinese government and several experts. Provide information.I am not familiar with the situation in our country's medical field at all, except that he quotes our country's In a catalog of medicinal plants published in 1959, apart from Guo Moruo's name, some new The name of the medical expert is not accompanied by the original Chinese name, so I have to omit it here. ) The first half of the book introduces the achievements of ancient Chinese medicine; the middle part introduces the achievements of Chinese medicine.

The impact of medicine on other countries in the East, and the situation after the introduction of Western medicine to my country; the second half is about introducing Introduce new China's medical and health achievements.This is not an orthodox academic history of medicine.he pays special attention to me China's folk medicine habits in the past, as well as the situation of traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture, etc. that have been vigorously advocated in recent years. In terms of illustrations, there are two illustrations of surgical procedures.One is a color engraving: Hua Tuo

It is a picture of Guan Gong's bone scraping and healing; the other is a photo of Bethune, who is not self-interested and dedicated to benefiting others. Photos of my husband operating on anti-Japanese fighters on the front line.Just pictures like this already make me feel Although I am not interested in medical issues, I have never bought this "History of Chinese Medicine" by mistake.