This short lecture examines interactions and conflicts between traditional Chinese medicine and newly-arrived ideas of Western medicine in China and Japan in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Sources used:

Andrews, Bridie. The Making of Modern Chinese Medicine, 1850-1960. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2014.

Bowers, John and Elizabeth Purcell. Medicine and Society in China. New York: Josiah Macy, Jr. Foundation, 1974.

Connor, Linda, and Geoffrey Samuel. Healing Powers and Modernity: Traditional Medicine, Shamanism, and Science in Asian Societies. Westport, CT: Bergin & Garvey, 2001.

Marie, Eric and Will Thornely. "The Transmission and Practice of Chinese Medicine: An Overview and Outlook." China Perspectives 87 (2011): 5-13.

Nakamura, Ellen. Practical Pursuits: Takano Chōei, Takahashi Keisaku, and Western Medicine in Nineteenth-Century Japan. Cambridge: Harvard University Asia Center, 2005.

Selin, Helaine and Hugh Shapiro. Medicine across Cultures: History and Practice of Medicine in Non-Western Cultures. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003.

Xu, Xiaoqun. "'National essence' vs. 'science': Chinese native physician's fight for legitimacy, 1912-37." Modern Asian Studies 31 (1997): 847-877.

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The Ohio State University's East Asian Studies Center (EASC) and Columbus State Community College (CSCC) collaborated to develop modules on East Asian history to be incorporated into the World History curriculum at CSCC. These modules are made available online for classroom use worldwide.

Project Contributors:
OSU: Ryan Schultz, Etsuyo Yuasa, Amy Carey
CSCC: Christianna Hurford, Jennifer Nardone

This project is supported by a U.S. Department of Education Title VI grant for EASC.