Asian medicinal plants in seventeenth century french literature

Flaumenhaft, Eugene

doi:10.1007/bf02858710

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“…이는 르네상스 이후 자연탐구에 대한 관심의 증가라는 지적 분위기와, 신대륙에서 유럽으로 들어오기 시작한 식물이 주로 의학적인 효능 때문에 큰 환영을 받았던 상황과도 관련이 있다( 파보르드, 2011: 483-484 ). 특히 본초학의 발달은 매독과 같은 낯선 전염병을 비롯하여 수많은 역병과 전쟁으로 인해 의료에 관심이 커졌던 17세기 유럽에서 국왕을 비롯한 엘리트 계층의 권력의지와도 연관이 깊다( Flaumenhaft and Flaumenhaft, 1982: 147 ).…”

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The Perception of Ginseng in England and America, 1600-1800*

Sul¹

2016

Korean J Med Hist

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This paper aims to redress serious imbalances in the research on ginseng. Most accounts of ginseng treat it as an exclusively East Asian commodity, and are dominated by the natural sciences. Ginseng, however, was much discussed in England and America in the early modern period: the discussion encompassed not only botanical and medical interests, but also discourses on the commercial marketability of ginseng; ginseng was also an item that embodied European prejudices, symbolizing perceived 'differences' between the West and East. As such, ginseng was an 'indigenous' item of 'the East' that was much discussed in 'the West', but one that resisted assimilation into its systems of knowledge.

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The Perception of Ginseng in England and America, 1600-1800*

Sul¹

2016

Korean J Med Hist

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“…12 By the late seventeenth century various French works, including a translation of Boym's Flora Sinensis, discussed Chinese pharmacopoeia in detail. 13 However, in reporting on Chinese medicine, [w]estern observers routinely misunderstood the practices they witnessed, even when reporting them with considerable accuracy. Their translations introduced distortions and false equations.…”

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Linnaeus and Chinese plants: A test of the linguistic imperialism thesis

Cook

2009

Notes Rec. R. Soc.

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It has been alleged that Carolus Linnaeus practised Eurocentrism, sexism and racism in naming plant genera after famous botanists, and excluding 'barbarous names'. He has therefore been said to practise 'linguistic imperialism'. This paper examines whether Linnaeus applied 'linguistic imperialism' to the naming of Chinese plants. On the basis of examples such as Thea (¼Camellia), Urena, Basella, Annona, Sapindus (¼Koelreuteria), and Panax, I conclude that Linnaeus used generic names of diverse origins. However, he misidentified Chinese plants' habitats, and acted on these misapprehensions.

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