Abstract
In this case Xu Shuwei brings to the fore the discussion concerning Cold Damage disorders of the Immature Yang type. He explains why another doctor misdiagnosed the patient as ill from that disorder and he states what symptoms differentiate such a case. This patient, like others in previous cases, is suffering from excessive sweating. He administered medicines to the patient without explaining why. It seems that he is more intent on discussing the differential diagnosis of Cold Damage of the Immature Yang than on discussing therapy for it.
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A special provincial equivalent examination was administered on occasions such as the enthronement of an emperor.
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The character wen 聞 means both to ‘hear’ and to ‘smell’. It is more likely that Xu meant the loss of the sense of smell than that he was repeating himself.
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Chu prefecture was located near Shanyang in Jiangsu Province.
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See Scheid et al. 2009, pp. 744–747.
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See Scheid et al. 2009, pp. 270–271.
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Goldschmidt, A. (2019). Case Number 59. In: Medical Practice in Twelfth-century China – A Translation of Xu Shuwei’s Ninety Discussions [Cases] on Cold Damage Disorders. Archimedes, vol 54. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06103-6_60
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