Needles, Herbs, Gods, and Ghosts

China, Healing, and the West to 1848

Linda L. Barnes

    List of Illustrations

    Introduction

    1. First Impressions: Until 1491

    2. A New Wave of Europeans: 1492-1659

    3. Model State, Medical Men, and "Mechanick Principles": 1660-1736

    4. Sinophiles, Sinophobes, and the Cult of Chinoiserie: 1737-1804

    5. Memory, History, and Imagination: 1805-1848

    Conclusion

    Abbreviations

    Notes

    Bibliography

    Index

  • Cover: Needles, Herbs, Gods, and Ghosts
  • A photo of the author

Photo by Eugene Adams

Linda L. Barnes is Associate Professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and Pediatrics Boston University School of Medicine, and Visiting Lecturer in Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School.