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Reforming Public Health in Occupied Japan, 1945–52: Alien Prescriptions?

Reforming Public Health in Occupied Japan, 1945-52: Alien Prescriptions? is a long-awaited volume borne out of the...

Reforming Public Health in Occupied Japan, 1945–52: Alien Prescriptions?

Mental Disease and Japanese Modernity: From the Possessed Mind/Body to the Diseased Mind/Body

Research into the history of Japanese psychiatry has shown some signs of change in the last couple of decades and is...

Mental Disease and Japanese Modernity: From the Possessed Mind/Body to the Diseased Mind/Body

帝國的醫師:萬巴德與英國熱帶醫學的創建 [A Physician to Empire: Patrick Manson and the Founding of British Tropical Medicine]

Parasitic diseases infected many who settled in Europe's tropical possessions during the nineteenth century.

帝國的醫師:萬巴德與英國熱帶醫學的創建 [A Physician to Empire: Patrick Manson and the Founding of British Tropical Medicine]

Anzen kijun wa dono yō ni deki te ki ta ka 安全基準はどのようにできてきたか [How Have Safety Standards Been Constructed?]

We rarely show much interest in the basis of safety standards, although the safety of almost everything in...

Anzen kijun wa dono yō ni deki te ki ta ka 安全基準はどのようにできてきたか [How Have Safety Standards Been Constructed?]

On Their Own Terms: Science in China, 1550–1900; A Cultural History of Modern Science in China

The two books under review, both by the American scholar Benjamin Elman, mark an epoch in the history of Chinese...

On Their Own Terms: Science in China, 1550–1900; A Cultural History of Modern Science in China

Beyond Imported Magic: Essays on Science, Technology, and Society in Latin America

Latin American and East Asian societies have experienced somewhat similar social, cultural, and political...

Beyond Imported Magic: Essays on Science, Technology, and Society in Latin America

Barefoot Doctors and Western Medicine in China

At the peak of the Cultural Revolution, the barefoot doctor initiative and the production brigade medical stations...

Barefoot Doctors and Western Medicine in China

Histories of Health in Southeast Asia: Perspectives on the Long Twentieth Century

For historians of health and medicine, Southeast Asia is a fascinating area to explore. It has been ravaged by...

Histories of Health in Southeast Asia: Perspectives on the Long Twentieth Century

北宋校正醫書局新探,以國家與醫學為中心 [A New Exploration on the Medical Books Revision Bureau of the Northern Song Dynasty]

The relationship between society and medicine in ancient China is a booming academic field. Fan Ka Wai points to the...

北宋校正醫書局新探,以國家與醫學為中心 [A New Exploration on the Medical Books Revision Bureau of the Northern Song Dynasty]

Globalizing Tobacco Control: Anti-smoking Campaigns in California, France, and Japan

Roddy Reid's book Globalizing Tobacco Control provides a comparative framework for understanding how cigarettes, once...

Globalizing Tobacco Control: Anti-smoking Campaigns in California, France, and Japan