L J Zhang, X X Yang, K Z Zhao, S H Chen, M X Cai, K Ding
{"title":"[Brief introduction on compilation and editions of <i>Yang ke xuan cui</i>].","authors":"L J Zhang, X X Yang, K Z Zhao, S H Chen, M X Cai, K Ding","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20230113-00005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20230113-00005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Yang ke xuan cui</i> («») is a surgical work compiled by Chen Wenzhi () of the Ming Dynasty. There are few of research on the completion and author of the book. Based on the evidences in the local chronicles, the prefaces and postscripts of the book, it has been verified that the book was originally completed no later than 1591, and Chen Wenzhi passed away no later than 1623. After investigating the 6 editions collected by 8 institutions, a collection of 11 books in total, by comparing the characteristics and circulation relationship of each edition, two systems of circulation were sorted out: block-printed edition of Xu Xi () and review edition of Xu Dachun ().</p>","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)","volume":"53 4","pages":"240-244"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41159652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Study on the original Chinese Version of <i>Da sheng bian (A Treatise on Midwifery)</i> translated by William Lockhart].","authors":"M N Kong, Y Zhao","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20230414-00038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20230414-00038","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>William Lockhart's <i>A Treatise on Midwifery</i>, published in 1842, is the first English translation Monograph of ancient obstetric book in traditional Chinese medicine.To take the translation postscript as clue, adopt research methods like textual bibliography etc., and integrate the relevant historical data and the libraries collection information, it is found that the original version of the English translation is the carving copy of <i>Da Sheng Bian</i> engraved by Fuxian Hall on Rongxian Street, Foxian County,Guangdong Province, in the fifth year of the reign of Emperor Daoguang of the Qing Dynasty (1825). It is now collected in the National Library of Australia and the Dun's Library of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, and the sources of both collections are related to William Lockhart.</p>","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)","volume":"53 4","pages":"245-250"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41150923","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[The revelation - What the faculty and students in medical colleges did in the period of the Republic of China].","authors":"Y Zhang","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20221028-00154","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20221028-00154","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The medical and health care and services in China were highly developed in the period of the Republic of China, and the healthcare service system also improved. The staff and students in medical colleges or universities, as implementers and practitioners, left their indelible marks in this period. They undertook their historical mission and embraced their responsibility in the special period by popularising medical diagnosis and treatment, reforming public health, advertising knowledge about women, infants and children, supporting the needs for war and popularising academic research. They combined theories and practice, traditional education and wartime education and academic research and social service. These services and activities of medical faculty and students provided historical references for today's medical universities in terms of undertaking social missions and promoting the spirit of dedication.</p>","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)","volume":"53 4","pages":"201-207"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41161184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[The identification process of the state of fractures by orthopedic surgeons before radiography].","authors":"J Mei","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20220706-00096","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20220706-00096","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Fracture treatment requires a detailed understanding of the state and displacement of the fracture site. Before X-ray was discovered by Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen in 1895, it was almost impossible to know the location of the fracture fragments wrapped in skin and muscle. The early classical theories for this were mainly based on the medical theories of Hippocrates and Galen. The more clinical cases were accumulated, the more cases were inconsistent with the classical theories. Doctors either chose to stick to the classics for their diagnose or believed in their own judgment. The development of anatomy gradually became a means of examining fracture fragments. With the development of anatomy during and after the \"Renaissance\", doctors began to collect a large number of bone specimens and communicated this information to other doctors. Doctors discarded the strict adherence to early classical theories, and finally constructed a theoretical model to explain clinical questions with anatomical evidence.</p>","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)","volume":"53 3","pages":"171-175"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10215130","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[The terms in the Jiu Zhen Shi Er Yuan in Ling Shu].","authors":"L Zhang","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20221007-00138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20221007-00138","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This paper examined unearthed and handed down documents through terms and relative words in the section of <i>Jiu Zhen Shi Er Yuan</i> in <i>Ling Shu</i>.For instance, \"Zi\"(), in \"Yu Zi Wan Min\", was believed to be Zi (), meaning \"support\". The\"Xing\"(), in \"Ling Ge You Xing (), Xian Li Zhen Jing\", referred to \"theoretical works on acupuncture practice\". The original meaning of \"Guan\"() in \"Cu Shou Guan (), Shang Shou Ji\" () was \"to protect the components of the trigger\", and the original meaning of \"Ji\" () was \"trigger\", which was a metaphor in the text. \"Gua\"() in \"Gua () Yi Fa\" meant \"to hang up\", \"Fa\"() meant \" hair\", and \" Gua Yi Fa\" meant \"to hang up something with hair\".</p>","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)","volume":"53 3","pages":"131-135"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9911100","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Wu Shou and his work <i>Shang Han Yun Yao Quan Shu</i> published in the Ming Dynasty].","authors":"X C Xu, H Zheng","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20211001-00113","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20211001-00113","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Wu Shou was a doctor in a medical family in Qiantang, Zhejiang in the Ming Dynasty. He was promoted as a medical officer in the local government and the Imperial Academy of Medicine. His work, considered a masterpiece <i>Shang Han Yun Yao Quan Shu</i> was published around 1505. The series consisted of four volumes. The main content of the book focused on the taxonomy study to the <i>Treatise on Febrile Diseases (Shang Han Lun)</i>. Wu Shou was politically accused of being a person who pursued fame and fortune but lacked medical skills because of the conflicts and contradiction between medical officials and the political service system in the period of the Chenghua and Hongzhi in the Ming Dynasty. However, his medical and academic thinking and skills for typhoid treatment shown in the book demonstrated that they were not as awful as what was described at that time.</p>","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)","volume":"53 3","pages":"141-146"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10215129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[The rise and fall of the leprosy clinic in Ru Gao in the North of Jiangsu in the period of the Republic of China].","authors":"C Y Xu, W Peng","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20211028-00123","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20211028-00123","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The North of Jiangsu was a traditional area for leprosy in Chinese history. In the period of the Republic of China, one of the largest leprosy clinics in China was established in Ru Gao (Jugao) with the help of Chinese and foreign charitable organizations, the Chinese central government and some squires. It was the only large clinic for leprosy in the North of Jiangsu. It was officially opened in 1924, attached to the Presbyterian Church hospital, and was closed in 1927 after the breakout of the civil war. It reopened in May 1933, hosted by a leprologist, Lee S. Huizenga. Ru Gao (Jugao) leprosy clinic treated around 1,000 lepers in the North of Jiangsu with medicines and language communication. The establishment of the leprosy clinic made a historical contribution in terms of preventing leprosy from spreading to Shanghai. It closed in the spring of 1938 because of the invasion of the Japanese military.</p>","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)","volume":"53 3","pages":"176-182"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9911099","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[<i>Dietetic Materia Medica (Yue Fu Shi Wu Ben Cao)</i> : The rise of Dietetic Materia Medica in the Edo Period in Japan].","authors":"M Zhou, Y C Hu","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20220425-00049","DOIUrl":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20220425-00049","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Food was believed to have some medicinal properties apart from its everyday sustenance in Japan in the Edo period (1603-1867). The dietetic materia medica then became a knowledge system in Japan with reference of the knowledge system of traditional Chinese materia medica, following some related books published.<i>Dietetic Materia Medica (Yue Fu Shi Wu Ben Cao)</i> was written by Nagoya Genyi as the pioneer work on dietetic materia medica in the Edo period. The book was divided into two volumes. The first one involved a total of 290 types of dietetic materia medica and 167 types of botanical medicines (grains, vegetables, aquatic plants, fungi, fruits, and herbs). The second volume included 123 types of animal medicines (fish,meso, poultry and animal sections). Its author, Nagoya Genyi, was the first doctor to link food with clinical treatment in Japan. He mainly focused on disease treatment in terms of specific classification and exposition. In this sense, the book was characteristic of materia medica rather than its museum properties. The content of the book showed the writing style and the medical tendency of the early food materia medica in the Edo period. Researching this book can help in understanding the compilation of dietetic materia medica represented by physicians in this period in Japan.</p>","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)","volume":"53 3","pages":"159-164"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9846672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[The inscription of <i>Treatise on Febrile Diseases</i> by Zhao Kaimei and the position of its attached official dispatch and name by the Imperial College of the Northern Song Dynasty].","authors":"H M Zhang","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20221125-00170","DOIUrl":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20221125-00170","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The <i>Treatise on Febrile Diseases</i> (<i>Shang Han Lun</i>) inscripted and published by Zhao Kaimei in the Ming Dynasty was believed to be reprinted from the version of the Northern Song Dynasty, based on its official dispatch, at the beginning of the book, in the third year of the Yuanyou Period of the Northern Song Dynasty. However, the authenticity of the official dispatch remained controversial among scholars of medical history and literature. This paper reports on an investigation of the formation process of the official dispatch, classifies the titles recorded after the inscription, makes comparisons with the medical books inscripted in the same period, and analyzes the causes of the official dispatch and the title in <i>Treatise on Febrile Diseases</i> inscripted by Zhao Kaimei. It was found that the inscription, the official dispatch and the titles were authentic and that the position of the official dispatch was moved from the end of the book to the beginning of the book.</p>","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)","volume":"53 3","pages":"136-140"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9846673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Reexamination of Mu Dan and the tree peony].","authors":"B H X Teruyuki","doi":"10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20210803-00093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3760/cma.j.cn112155-20210803-00093","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The name of the Chinese medicinal plant peony (Mu Dan) was discussed widely in many studies, but has not been fully substantiated to date. This paper examined the history of the tree peony in China and reviewing early relevant medical literature by drawing on the results of historical studies, early literacy works and the cultivation time of ornamental peonies. The paper found that the Chinese plant named Mu Dan was normally referred to as the Ardisia species before the early Tang Dynasty. The plant names and physical items in terms of medicinal materials were not equivalent but one-to-many in most cases. This research attempts to provide a basis for further research.</p>","PeriodicalId":35995,"journal":{"name":"Zhonghua yi shi za zhi (Beijing, China : 1980)","volume":"53 3","pages":"165-170"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10215128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}