Overview

This book focuses on the conflicts between Chinese medicine and western medicine in modern Chinese society. It is trying to represent how Chinese medicine used its knowledge of exogenous febrile diseases while practicing western medicine, gradually establishing a set of TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) infectious disease studies, and carving a space to function in daily life. Initially influenced by modern medicine, many of TCM clinical techniques were marginalized. In addition, limited  national investment hindered the application of TCM theory and skills. It is the author’s hope that  the study of medical history would improve the knowledge of the TMC system among traditional Chinese medical scholars and inspire researchers to acknowledge the value of a TCM culture, which had been demonized for a hundred years, providing another possibility for practical treatment and recuperation.

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Author:   Guoli Pi ,  Ma Li
Publisher:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
Imprint:   Springer Verlag, Singapore
ISBN:  

9789819528318

ISBN 10:   9819528313
Pages:   504
Publication Date:   19 February 2026
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction: What is the Correlation between the History of TCM and Bacteriology?.- Chapter 2. The Convergence of Modern Chinese and Western Medicine before the Antibacterial Discussion.- Chapter 3. History of Antibacterial Books -- Literature on Exogenous Fevers of TCM during the Republic of China Period.- Chapter 4. The Interpretation of Diseases in the Chinese and Western Medical History -- the Emergence and Regeneration of ""Typhoid Fever"".- Chapter 5. Bacteria and Qi -- the Absorption, Elimination and Rejection of Western Bacteria Theory by TCM during the Republic of China Period.- Chapter 6. The Practice and Dilemma of New TCM -- Yun Tieqiao's Talk on the Treatise on Typhoid Fever and Bacteriology.- Chapter 7. Qi and the Individuals -- the Discussion of Body, Disease and Living Space in the TCM Fever Diseases.- Chapter 8. Epidemic Prevention Technology and Antibacterial Thought of TCM during the Republic of China Period.- Chapter 9. Recuperation, Diet and Taboo -- the Transformation of Classical Theory in the World of the Sick.- Chapter 10. Conclusion: Writing Modern Chinese History with Chinese Medicine.

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Guoli Pi is associate professor and director of the Institute of History, Central University, Taiwan. He received his doctoral degree of history from Taiwan National Normal University. Dr. Pi’s research interest includes Chinese medical social history, disease history, historical study methods, modern Chinese science and technology. He has published widely in the above areas with 13 monographs and over 50 papers. He is the winner of 8 academic research awards in the field.

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