9 Conclusion

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IX
4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XI
5. Introduction: Medical History, Gender, and the Body 1
6. 1 The Yellow Emperor's Body 19
7. 2 The Development of Fuke in the Song Dynasty 59
8. 3 Gestation and Birth in Song Medicine 94
9. 4 Rethinking Fuke in the Ming Dynasty 134
10. 5 To Benefit Yin: Fuke and Late Ming Medical Culture 155
11. 6 "Nourishing Life": Ming Bodies of Generation and Longevity 187
12. 7 A Doctor's Practice: Narratives of the Clinical Encounter in Late Ming Yangzhou 224
13. 8 In and Out of the Family: Ming Women as Healing Experts 266
14. 9 Conclusion 301
15. Bibliography 313
16. Character Glossary 331
17. Index 343