| Book Review | The American Historical Review, 106.3

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Book Review

Methods/Theory

Joseph Needham. Science and Civilisation in China. Volume 6, Biology and Biological Technology part 6, Medicine. Assisted by Lu Gwei-Djen. Edited by Nathan Sivin. New York: Cambridge University Press. 2000. Pp. xviii, 261. $75.00.

This latest addition to the monumental Science and Civilisation in China project, initiated in 1954 by the late Joseph Needham, marks a distinct departure from volumes previously published in the series. Unlike earlier more encyclopedic sections, this installment is not a comprehensive catalogue of what is currently known about the history of Chinese medicine. Instead, it is a selection of five previously published essays written by Needham in collaboration with Lu Gwei-Djen on the topics of medicine in Chinese culture, hygiene and preventive medicine, medical education and qualifying examinations, the origins of immunology, and forensic medicine. Nathan Sivin, who took on the task of editing this volume in 1993, revised the essays for greater accuracy and added footnotes pointing out newer interpretations or alternative explanations. Sivin also provides an important introductory essay that sets out the dominant themes of Needham and Lu's work, critiques their more problematic assertions, surveys the current state of the field, and ultimately, calls into question the underlying premise of the Science and Civilisation project itself. . . .

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