Guest guest Posted September 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 The Needham Research Institute, Cambridge, would like to announce the holding of a workshop on `Issues in the history of the Great Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao gangmu) 1596: a pilot study of the culmination of traditional Chinese pharmacology' on 5-6th December 2003. The workshop will gather together a number of experts on the history of Chinese pharmacology to engage in discussions on the 16th century pharmacological compendium, the Bencao gangmu by Li Shizhen. The Bencao gangmu is among the most notable of pharmacological works worldwide; it not only played a vital role in medical practice in China for over three hundred years but also had considerable influence outside China. And yet there exists no comprehensive study of this influential work in any Western language. This workshop will seek to explore and elaborate on various research angles from which to approach the Bencao gangmu, with the aim of planning a more substantial research project in the near future. The workshop is being jointly organised by Dr. Christopher Cullen,, NRI and Dr. Kim Taylor, Wellcome Trust Research Fellow in the History of , NRI with support from the Wellcome Trust. For those interested in taking part, more details can be obtained at our website www.nri.org.uk or please write to admin ------------ Dr. Kim Taylor Wellcome Trust Fellow in the History of Needham Research Institute 8 Sylvester Road Cambridge CB3 9AF ENGLAND Tel: 01223-311545 ext.236/01223-472874 Fax: 01223-362703 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 Jim and Marnae or anyone else... Kim Taylor's Ph.D. thesis is due to publish through Needham Institute next year. It really puts an accurate historical record of the development of TCM in place. Go if you get a chance, she is remarkable. best regards - Will In a message dated 9/9/2003 7:07:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time, marnae writes: > JIm - > > This sounds great - I went to the website but could not find any more > info. Where did you find this? > > Marnae > > At 03:44 PM 9/9/2003 +0000, you wrote: > >The Needham Research Institute, Cambridge, would like to announce > >the holding of a workshop on `Issues in the history of the Great > >Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao gangmu) 1596: a pilot study of > >the culmination of traditional Chinese pharmacology' on 5-6th > >December 2003. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 JIm - This sounds great - I went to the website but could not find any more info. Where did you find this? Marnae At 03:44 PM 9/9/2003 +0000, you wrote: >The Needham Research Institute, Cambridge, would like to announce >the holding of a workshop on `Issues in the history of the Great >Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao gangmu) 1596: a pilot study of >the culmination of traditional Chinese pharmacology' on 5-6th >December 2003. > >The workshop will gather together a number of experts on the history >of Chinese pharmacology to engage in discussions on the 16th century >pharmacological compendium, the Bencao gangmu by Li Shizhen. The >Bencao gangmu is among the most notable of pharmacological works >worldwide; it not only played a vital role in medical practice in >China for over three hundred years but also had considerable >influence outside China. And yet there exists no comprehensive study >of this influential work in any Western language. This workshop will >seek to explore and elaborate on various research angles from which >to approach the Bencao gangmu, with the aim of planning a more >substantial research project in the near future. > >The workshop is being jointly organised by Dr. Christopher Cullen, >Director, NRI and Dr. Kim Taylor, Wellcome Trust Research Fellow in >the History of , NRI with support from the Wellcome >Trust. For those interested in taking part, more details can be >obtained at our website www.nri.org.uk or please write to >admin > >------------ >Dr. Kim Taylor >Wellcome Trust Fellow in the History of >Needham Research Institute >8 Sylvester Road >Cambridge >CB3 9AF >ENGLAND >Tel: 01223-311545 ext.236/01223-472874 >Fax: 01223-362703 > > > >Chinese Herbal Medicine, a voluntary organization of licensed healthcare >practitioners, matriculated students and postgraduate academics >specializing in Chinese Herbal Medicine, provides a variety of >professional services, including board approved online continuing education. > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 , Marnae Ergil wrote: > This sounds great - I went to the website but could not find any more info. Where did you find this? Marnae: I got the notice my email, but never followed up. It may be connected to the Needham website or another listserv. Someone else may know more---or even want to go. It looks like a great opportunity to study. I may be offlist or respond slowly this weekend as I'll be in Seattle giving a pulse seminar and treating patients of students. Jim Ramholz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2003 Report Share Posted September 9, 2003 , WMorris116@A... wrote: > Kim Taylor's Ph.D. thesis is due to publish through Needham Institute next year. It really puts an accurate historical record of the development of TCM in place. Go if you get a chance, she is remarkable. >>> Will: Is there anything available by her---besides her essay collected in " Innovations in " (Cambridge University Press, 2001)? Jim Ramholz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 > Is there anything available by her---besides her essay collected > in " Innovations in " (Cambridge University Press, > 2001)? > Jim - Here is the only other thing I know of: Kim Taylor, ' " Improving " : The Role of Traditional Medicine in Newly Communist China, 1949-53' in Alan K.L. Chan, Gregory K. Clancey and Hui-Chieh Loy (eds.), Historical Perspectives on East Asian Science, Technology and Medicine, (Singapore: Singapore University Press, 2002) Best regards, Will William R. Morris, OMD Secretary, AAOM Academic Dean Emperor's College of TOM 310-453-8383 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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