Sensing as Knowing: Medicines, the Senses, and Practical Expertise in Late Imperial China

• Published in: Chinese medicine and culture (Print) Vol. 6; no. 1; pp. 55 - 67
• Main Author: LIU, Xiaomeng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 01.03.2023; Department of History,Fudan University,Shanghai 200433,China; Wolters Kluwer Health/LWW
• Subjects: Senses; Medicines; Market; Authentication; Practical expertise

The development of the medicinal trade and markets in late imperial China increased anxiety among scholarly physicians about the authenticity of medicines. Even though the market was typically depicted by scholarly physicians as a place full of tricks and deceptions, it was a repertoire where practi...