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1、SELECTED,ANNOTATEDBIBLIOGRAPHYOFTHEHISTORYOFCHINESESCIENCEANDMEDICINESOURCESINWESTERNLANGUAGESN.SivinThisannotatedbibliographycoversscienceandmedicineintraditionalandmodernChina.Itisorganizedasfollows:HISTORYOFSCIENCEINIMPERIALCHINA*ReferenceWorks*General*ScienceandSociety*Sc
2、ienceandPhilosophy*ScienceandReligion*TheEarlyEncounterWithEurope*MathematicsandDivination*Astronomy*AlchemyandEarlyChemicalArts*Siting(geomancy),Cartography,andEarthSciences*HISTORYOFSCIENCEINTWENTIETH-CENTURYCHINA*HISTORYOFMEDICINEINIMPERIALCHINA*ReferenceWorks*StudiesUsefu
3、lforOrientation*MedicineandRelatedTopics*MateriaMedica*HISTORYOFMEDICINEINTWENTIETH-CENTURYCHINA*ReferenceWorks*MedicineandRelatedTopics*Thislistemphasizesrecentpublications,fortworeasons.WithrespecttoChinabeforeca.1800,thebibliographiesinJosephNeedham’sScienceandCivilisation
4、inChina(seebelow,p.*)areextremelyrich,andmerelyneedtobesupplemented.Althoughtheyareunannotated,thereadercaneasilyusetheindexestofindevaluationsofsources.Thereisnocorrespondinglythoroughsurveyforthelasttwocenturies,butontheotherhandalargepartoftheliteratureonthatperiodpublished
5、morethanadecadeagoisalreadyobsolete.Theobviousdifferencesinthesubdivisionsofthisbibliographyreflectthevaryingcharacterandextentoftheliteratureineachcategory.Booksontraditionalmedicinekeeppouringout,mostofthemwithnoscholarlyvalue,because,unliketheoldastronomy,alchemy,andsoon,med
6、icineisstillwidelypracticedandthecommercialdemand,outsideChinaaswellasinside,isenormous.Historianshaveconspicuouslyneglectedrecenttechnologyandscience.Mostpublicationsareconcernedwithpolicyaboutthemratherthantheworkandthepeoplewhodidthem.Publicationsareincludedmostlybecauseof
7、theirqualityandusefulness,afewinordertowarnreadersthatthepromiseoftheirtitlesisspecious.MostofthebooksaboutChinesemedicinenotlistedhereareofnouseatall.HISTORYOFSCIENCEINIMPERIALCHINAReferenceWorksCullen,Christopher.1983.ScienceandMedicineinChina.InInformationSourcesintheHisto
8、ryofScienceandMedicine,ed.PietroCorsi&PaulWeindling,476‐499.Butterwo