Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter one. Foot Qi in Early Chinese Medicine 25
6. Chapter two. Competing for Medical Authority over Disease 43
7. Chapter three. Simplifying and Standardizing Disease 67
8. Chapter four. The Northerner’s Dietary Disorder 85
9. Chapter five. Getting Rich and Getting Sick 99
10. Chapter six. Creating Beriberi in Meiji Japan 115
11. Chapter seven. Foot Qi’s Multiple Meanings in Modern East Asia 139
12. Conclusion 161
13. Glossary of Chinese Characters 169
14. Notes 173
15. Bibliography 199
16. Index 223