[The traditional Chinese Medicine-The points of view from a Russian doctor in the mid-nineteenth century]

Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi. 2019 Sep 28;49(5):312-318. doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0255-7053.2019.05.011.
[Article in Chinese]

Abstract

Doctor of Medicine Tatarinov(Татаринов) came to China, as a member of the Russian Orthodox Mission(also known as the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission). He wrote a report on Chinese medicine in 1855. In its preface, he recorded in detail and commented the books of medicine in China, the status of Chinese physicians, and their services of diagnosis and therapy. The records of the clinics in Beijing, its diagnostic fee and service way of the practitioners were very rare in other literatures. Its comments on traditional Chinese medicine reflected western doctors' ideas at that time. His view came from unique angle, and had high value on the study of Chinese medicine history.

1840年,医学博士塔塔林诺夫作为俄罗斯布道团医生来到中国,1855年撰写了关于中国医学的报告。该报告的前言部分对中国的医学著作、医生地位、医生的诊疗情况均做了详细记载和评述,其中关于北京医生的诊所、诊金、行医方式的记述罕见于其他文献,对中医学的评述也反映当时西方医生的看法。其视角独特,是研究中国医学史和医疗史值得重视的材料。.

Keywords: 19th century; Chinese medical history; Russian Orthodox Mission; service way of practitioners.

Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Beijing
  • China
  • History, 19th Century
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Medicine, Chinese Traditional*
  • Physicians*
  • Russia