2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
The modernizing transformation of traditional medicine in early-twentieth century East Asia: the case of the Suzhou Hospital of National Medicine
| Project/Area Number |
15K21371
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Sociology/History of science and technology
Historical studies in general
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| Research Institution | Keio University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
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| Keywords | 中国医学 / 漢方 / 近代化 / 自家中毒 / 体質 / 身体観 / 生態学的疾病論 / 蘇州国医医院 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Through three-year research of the modernizing process of medicine in East Asia in the social/cultural/political contexts, this project has succeeded to shed light on how medical transformation took place hand in hand with the changing view of the body and illness, and the role of doctor in society.
Firstly I made analysis of the social roles and clinical practices of the Suzhou Hospital of National Medicine (Suzhou guoyi yiyuan, 1939-1941) in Suzhou, China which was exclusively dedicated to provide the treatment based on reformed version of traditional Chinese medicine. Secondly I examined how the idea of ‘autointoxication (jika-chudoku)’, a Western explanation of intestinal microflora, was consequently fundamental to the creation of a new emotion-related disease in early-twentieth century Japan. Thirdly I elucidated how the theory of constitution (taishitsu) provided a conceptual framework for redefining health and illness in modern Japan.
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| Free Research Field |
医学史
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