Chang Che-Chia
Biographic Data
| ID | 4681538 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chang Che-Chia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chang |
| FAMILY NAME | Che-Chia |
| SIGNATURE | CHE-CHIA C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Modern History, Academia Sinica |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Where is an Elephant’s Gallbladder? The Ideas of Animal Anatomy in Early Modern China
This article revisits the supposed absence of animal anatomy in early modern China through a focused case study of the “wandering” elephant gallbladder. It begins with a 1730 report by the Jesuit Dominique Parrenin to the French Académie des Sciences on a Kangxi court dissection of an elephant, in which the gallbladder was said to migrate seasonally within the animal, switching between the legs. By juxtaposing Parrenin’s correspondence with Europ…
Jugaku kara mita fūsui
Origins of a Misunderstanding
This paper casts light on the myth, current in China before the Opium War, that the Europeans could not survive without rhubarb. The myth has its roots in differences between pharmaceutical theories and material culture in the Chinese and Western traditions. In China, rhubarb was considered a drastic purgative, indicated only in case of grave illness. In the West, in consequence of a specific method of processing, it was regarded as a mild and ge…
Innovation in Chinese Medicine (review)
It is self-evident to any modern medical historian that medical knowledge, just like any other aspect of culture, is subject to change. However, it is also true that the image of the history of Chinese medicine remains one of a stagnant, mysterious tradition bound by its ancient canons. It is not surprising that this image should be deeply etched on our historical consciousness, but there is much more to Chinese medical history, and, just as the …
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Innovation in Chinese Medicine (review)
It is self-evident to any modern medical historian that medical knowledge, just like any other aspect of culture, is subject to change. However, it is also true that the image of the history of Chinese medicine remains one of a stagnant, mysterious tradition bound by its ancient canons. It is not surprising that this image should be deeply etched on our historical consciousness, but there is much more to Chinese medical history, and, just as the …
Origins of a Misunderstanding
This paper casts light on the myth, current in China before the Opium War, that the Europeans could not survive without rhubarb. The myth has its roots in differences between pharmaceutical theories and material culture in the Chinese and Western traditions. In China, rhubarb was considered a drastic purgative, indicated only in case of grave illness. In the West, in consequence of a specific method of processing, it was regarded as a mild and ge…
Jugaku kara mita fūsui
Where is an Elephant’s Gallbladder? The Ideas of Animal Anatomy in Early Modern China
This article revisits the supposed absence of animal anatomy in early modern China through a focused case study of the “wandering” elephant gallbladder. It begins with a 1730 report by the Jesuit Dominique Parrenin to the French Académie des Sciences on a Kangxi court dissection of an elephant, in which the gallbladder was said to migrate seasonally within the animal, switching between the legs. By juxtaposing Parrenin’s correspondence with Europ…
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