Herbs, Laboratories, and Revolution: On the Making of a National Medicine in Vietnam
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This article examines the making of a national medicine in Vietnam. How can it be that the medical traditions in Vietnam came to be described as Vietnamese during the course of the twentieth century? In this article, I suggest that historical contingencies in Vietnam have facilitated what might be thought of as a “doctrine of combination,” somewhat in contrast to the institutionalized and contentious separation of, for example, Chinese and Korean medicine from modern medicine. In particular, I show how when it came to traditional medicine, Hồ Chı´ Minh and the people around him responsible for health-care-related issues were on the “offensive” from the very outset of their nation-building efforts.
Original language | English |
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Journal | East Asian Science, Technology and Society: an international journal |
Volume | 8 |
Issue number | 1 |
Pages (from-to) | 43-56 |
Number of pages | 14 |
ISSN | 1875-2160 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
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