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Motion and Knowledge in the Changing Early Modern WorldDiplomatic Journeys and Medical Brush Talks: Eighteenth-Century Dialogues Between Korean and Japanese Medicine

Motion and Knowledge in the Changing Early Modern World: Diplomatic Journeys and Medical Brush... [During the Tokugawa period (1603–1868), Japanese doctors generally learned about the medical ideas of their counterparts elsewhere in East Asia only through the medium of imported books, and there were few circumstances under which they could meet directly with foreigners. The journeys of Korean doctors who travelled to Edo in the entourage of Korean diplomatic embassies thus presented an unusual opportunity to discuss medical topics with doctors from outside Japan who were intimately familiar with traditional forms of East Asian medicine. Japanese doctors hoped to learn from the visiting Koreans about topics ranging from their interpretations of the Chinese medical classics to their methods of processing valuable drugs such as ginseng. However, a divergence between Japanese and Korean medical cultures over the course of the eighteenth century meant that both sides experienced increasing frustration in their attempts to engage in dialogue.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Motion and Knowledge in the Changing Early Modern WorldDiplomatic Journeys and Medical Brush Talks: Eighteenth-Century Dialogues Between Korean and Japanese Medicine

Part of the Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Book Series (volume 30)
Editors: Gal, Ofer; Zheng, Yi
Trambaiolo, Daniel
Motion and Knowledge in the Changing Early Modern World — Sep 30, 2013
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Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
ISBN
978-94-007-7382-0
Pages
93 –113
DOI
10.1007/978-94-007-7383-7_6
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Abstract

[During the Tokugawa period (1603–1868), Japanese doctors generally learned about the medical ideas of their counterparts elsewhere in East Asia only through the medium of imported books, and there were few circumstances under which they could meet directly with foreigners. The journeys of Korean doctors who travelled to Edo in the entourage of Korean diplomatic embassies thus presented an unusual opportunity to discuss medical topics with doctors from outside Japan who were intimately familiar with traditional forms of East Asian medicine. Japanese doctors hoped to learn from the visiting Koreans about topics ranging from their interpretations of the Chinese medical classics to their methods of processing valuable drugs such as ginseng. However, a divergence between Japanese and Korean medical cultures over the course of the eighteenth century meant that both sides experienced increasing frustration in their attempts to engage in dialogue.]

Published: Sep 30, 2013

Keywords: Eighteenth Century; American Ginseng; Korean Medicine; Medical Learning; Korean Ginseng

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