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When he cast his eyes on the present medical problems, the author of the book was at once attracted by the “curious” phenomena, such as a newfound of disputes over Chinese and the Western medicine: Which is the superior medicine? Which should be abolished? Should they both be adopted? These familiar words, and largely the same standpoint, reminded him of a time long ago when and in which there was another similar dispute and controversy. It was the similarity between the historical scenes and the recurrent phenomena that forced me to reflect upon and to meditate a feasible interpretation: Do they belong to the same category? Are they of the same nature? What logic exists behind the controversy?Guided by Lenin’s principle, the author believes to have found a key or an interpretation as well, after conducting investigations into the political medical history in modern China.
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Notes
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Cited in Zhen Zhiya (1987).
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In his “Roles of an Ancient Physician,” Mr. Jin Shiqi politically interpreted the establishment of the official doctor and medical political medicine during the Spring and Autumn Periods, however. See Li Jianmin (2005).
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When I did my investigation in Jixi, Anhui Province, I found another kind – “Confucian physicians” who were composed of resigned officials, scholars who did not pass the imperial examination, and other intellectuals. They resided in the rural areas, liked reading books on medicine, and would occasionally prescribe for the others. They did not charge anything, however, and they would even give the patients some money for drugs if they happened to be too poor to afford the drugs.
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Liu Zhenlin, “Prosperity Begins with Health,” cited in Zhao Hongjun (1989).
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Cited in Ou Jiecheng (2005).
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Hu, Y. (2013). The Logic of Disease Politics. In: Rural Health Care Delivery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39982-4_20
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