Description:
This book traces the history of the politics, institutions, and culture of medicine of China under Mongol Rule, through the eyes of a successful South Chinese official Yuan Jue (1266-1327). As the first comprehensive monograph on history of medicine in China under the Mongols, it argues that this period was a separate moment in Chinese history, when a configuration of power different from that of the Song, Jin or Ming periods created its own medical culture. The book emphasizes the impact of the political and institutional changes caused by the Mongols and their collaborators on the social and cultural history of medicine.
Review Quotes:
"This book will deservedly be an oft-quoted reference in scholarship on this vital period in the history of Chinese medicine."
Yi-Li Wu, East Asian Science, Technology and Medicine 53 (2021)