3. Why Laws of Nature?

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface xiii
4. 1. Life = Body Plus X 1
5. 2. Medicine, or Novelty Appeal 6
6. 3. Why Laws of Nature? 9
7. 4. Longing for Order 12
8. 5. Ethics and Legality 15
9. 6. Why Here? Why Now? 20
10. 7. Thales’ Trite Observation 22
11. 8. Polis, Law, and Self-determination 27
12. 9. The Individual and the Whole 32
13. 10. Nonmedical Healing 34
14. 11. Mawangdui: Early Healing in China 36
15. 12. Humans Are Biologically Identical across Cultures. So Why Not Medicine? 40
16. 13. The Yellow Thearch’s Body Image 42
17. 14. The Birth of Chinese Medicine 44
18. 15. The Division of the Elite 47
19. 16. A View to the Visible, and Opinions on the Invisible 48
20. 17. State Concept and Body Image 50
21. 18. Farewell to Demons and Spirits 52
22. 19. New Pathogens, and Morality 55
23. 20. Medicine without Pharmaceutics 58
24. 21. Pharmaceutics without Medicine 63
25. 22. Puzzling Parallels 64
26. 23. The Beginning of Medicine in Greece 68
27. 24. The End of Monarchy 69
28. 25. Troublemakers and Ostracism 73
29. 26. See Something You Don’t See 75
30. 27. Powers of Self-healing: Self-evident? 81
31. 28. Confucians’ Fear of Chaos 82
32. 29. Medicine: Expression of the General State of Mind 86
33. 30. Dynamic Ideas and Faded Model Images 89
34. 31. The Hour of the Dissectors 91
35. 32. Manifold Experiences of the World 93
36. 33. Greek Medicine and Roman Incomprehension 94
37. 34. Illness as Stasis 96
38. 35. Head and Limbs 97
39. 36. The Rediscovery of Wholeness 98
40. 37. To Move the Body to a Statement 100
41. 38. Galen of Pergamon: Collector in All Worlds 102
42. 39. Europe’s Ancient Pharmacology 103
43. 40. The Wheel of Progress Turns No More 104
44. 41. Constancy and Discontinuity of Structures 106
45. 42. Arabian Interlude 108
46. 43. The Tang Era: Cultural Diversity, Conceptual Vacuum 109
47. 44. Changes in the Song Era 112
48. 45. The Authority of Distant Antiquity 113
49. 46. Zhang Ji’s Belated Honors 115
50. 47. Chinese Pharmacology 116
51. 48. The Diagnosis Game 117
52. 49. The Physician as the Pharmacist’s Employee 118
53. 50. Relighting the Torch of European Antiquity 120
54. 51. The Primacy of the Practical 123
55. 52. The Variety of Therapeutics 126
56. 53. Which Model Image for a New Medicine? 128
57. 54. The Real Heritage of Antiquity 130
58. 55. Galenism as Trade in Antiques 132
59. 56. Integration and Reductionism in the Song Dynasty 134
60. 57. The New Freedom to Expand Knowledge 137
61. 58. Healing the State, Healing the Organism 138
62. 59. Trapped in the Cage of Tradition 139
63. 60. Xu Dachun, Giovanni Morgagni, and Intra-abdominal Abscesses 142
64. 61. Acupuncturists, Barbers, and Masseurs 144
65. 62. No Scientific Revolution in Medicine 148
66. 63. The Discovery of New Worlds 149
67. 64. Paracelsus: A Tumultuous Mind with an Overview 151
68. 65. Durable and Fragile Cage Bars 154
69. 66. The Most Beautiful Antiques and the Most Modern Images in One Room 156
70. 67. Harvey and the Magna Carta 157
71. 68. A Cartesian Case for Circulation 161
72. 69. Long Live the Periphery! 163
73. 70. Out of the Waiting Shelter, into the Jail Cell 164
74. 71. Sensations That Pull into the Lower Parts of the Body 166
75. 72. Homeopathy Is Not Medicine 168
76. 73. “God with Us” on the Belt Buckle 172
77. 74. Medicine Independent of Theology 173
78. 75. Virchow: The Man of Death as the Interpreter of Life 174
79. 76. Robert Koch: Pure Science? 182
80. 77. Wash Your Hands, Keep the Germs Away 184
81. 78. AIDS: The Disease That Fits 186
82. 79. China in the Nineteenth Century: A New Cage Opens Up 188
83. 80. Two Basic Ideas of Medicine 189
84. 81. Value-free Biology and Cultural Interpretation 190
85. 82. A Transit Visa and a Promise 192
86. 83. Scorn, Mockery, and Invectives for Chinese Medicine 193
87. 84. Traditional Medicine in the PRC: Faith in Science 195
88. 85. The Arabs of the Twentieth Century, or Crowding in the Playpen 196
89. 86. When the Light Comes from Behind 198
90. 87. In the Beginning Was the Word 199
91. 88. Out of Touch with Nature 200
92. 89. Theology without Theos 202
93. 90. Everything Will Be Fine 203
94. 91. Left Alone in the Computer Tomograph 204
95. 92. Healing and the Energy Crisis 205
96. 93. TCM: Western Fears, Chinese Set Pieces 206
97. 94. Harmony, Not War 210
98. 95. The Loss of the Center 211
99. 96. Contented Customers in a Supermarket of Possibilities 212
100. 97. The More Things Change 213
101. 98. One World, or Tinkering with Building Blocks 214
102. 99. A Vision of Unity over All Diversity 216
103. Afterword 221
104. Notes 223
105. Index 229