Good Formulas was made possible in part by a grant from the Traditional Chinese Culture and Society Book Fund, established through generous gifts from Patricia Buckley Ebrey and Thomas Ebrey.
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Names: Chen, Yunru (Researcher in Chinese history), author.
Title: Good formulas : empirical evidence in mid-imperial Chinese medical texts / Ruth Yun-Ju Chen.
Description: Seattle : University of Washington Press, [2023] | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2022062236 | ISBN 9780295751382 (hardback) | ISBN 9780295751399 (paperback) | ISBN 9780295751405 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Medicine, Chinese—History—To 1500. | Medical literature—China—History—To 1500.
Classification: LCC R601 .C442 2023 | DDC 610.951—dc23/eng/20230228
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022062236
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