The making of modern Chinese medicine, 1850-1960 / Bridie Andrews.

Vancouver : UBC Press, [2014]

xvi, 294 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-266) and index.

Modernities and medicines -- Spectrum of chinese healing practices -- Missionary medicine from the West -- Significance of medical reforms in Japan -- Public health and state-building -- Medical lives -- New medical institutions -- From new theories to new practices -- Conclusions : Medicine and modernity.