Medicine, Metaphor, and Childbirth in Late Imperial China
by
Yi-Li Wu
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2010
This innovative book uses the lens of cultural history to examine the development of medicine in Qing dynasty China. Focusing on the specialty of "medicine for women"(fuke), Yi-Li Wu explores the material and ideological issues associated with childbearing in the late imperial period. She...