Modern China and Traditional Chinese Medicine, editor and contributor. Springfield: C. Thomas, 1973
This book is the first critical analysis of recent developments in medical techniques and public health delivery that have taken place in the People’s Republic of China. Caution and suspended judgment characterize the collected essays, delivered during a symposium held at the University of Wisconsin in the spring of 1972. The topic of Chinese medicine is currently receiving great attention in the popular media, thanks to the thaw in Chinese-American relations that culminated with President Nixon’s visit to China a few months earlier. The purpose of the symposium was to bring together a group of outstanding scholars from a variety of fields such as Chinese history, medical history, neurophysiology, anesthesiology and public health in an effort to present key issues within an interdisciplinary forum that can promote greater understanding and promote new research. Topics such as acupuncture and pain control, public health and popular health care delivery are examined and critically discussed. A short list of useful books and articles representing the topics covered during the symposium is appended. This publication should be viewed as an interim document that provides discriminating readers with a more sober and scholarly source of information in the midst of sensational media reports.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
Introduction
Guenter B. Risse
PART II HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Traditional Chinese Medicine: Historical Review
Ilza Veith
Traditional Medicine in Modern China: Social, Political and Cultural Aspects
Ralph C. Crozier
Part III CHINESE ACUPUNCTURE
The Old and New Chinese Acupuncture: A Preface
Guenter B. Risse
Techniques Used in Acupuncture
James Y. P. Chen
Acupuncture Anesthesia in the Modern Chinese Operating Room: Personal Observations
Samuel Rosen
Acupunture Anesthesia
Nancy Wu
Acupuncture Anesthesia: Removal of a Lung
Edited from Survey of China Mainland Press January 1972
Some Knowledge Regarding the Theory of Acupuncture Anesthesia: A Report from the Chinese People’s Liberation Army General Hospital
Free translation by Nancy Wu
PART IV HEALTH CARE DELIVERY IN MODERN CHINA
Introduction
Guenter B. Risse
Medicine and Chinese Society
Kenneth Levin
Barefoot Doctors in China: People, Politics and Paramedicine
Paul G. Pickowicz
Health Care in Modern China: An Eyewitness Report
Samuel Rosen
PART V CONCLUSION AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
Conclusion
Guenter B. Risse
Bibliography
Index
REVIEWS
“Given the strong emphasis by the Chinese on their accomplishments in medicine and public health, it is not surprising that, since the door to China came ajar in the last two years, there has been a flurry of conferences and publications on these subjects in the United States…this book has the advantage of assembling a body of information in one source book. It will be of interest to those who follow developments in these fields in China.John Z. Bowers, ”
“In view of the recent inundation of enthusiastic and to a large extent uncritical reports it is particularly necessary to establish a basis for understanding the contemporary situation…This book contributes to an understanding of the modern health care system of the People’s Republic of China although it does not present many new facts and conclusions.”