4 The Significance of Medical Reforms in Japan

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Figures and Tables ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Conventions and Abbreviations xv
6. Modernities and Medicines 1
7. The Spectrum of Chinese Healing Practices 25
8. Missionary Medicine from the West 51
9. The Significance of Medical Reforms in Japan 69
10. Public Health and State-Building 89
11. Medical Lives 112
12. New Medical Institutions 145
13. From New Theories to New Practices 185
14. Conclusions Medicine and Modernity 206
15. Notes 218
16. Bibliography 252
17. Index 267
18. Contemporary Chinese Studies 295