Herbs, Laboratories, and Revolution: On the Making of a National Medicine in Vietnam
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Herbs, Laboratories, and Revolution : On the Making of a National Medicine in Vietnam. / Wahlberg, Ayo.
I: East Asian Science, Technology and Society: an international journal, Bind 8, Nr. 1, 2014, s. 43-56.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Herbs, Laboratories, and Revolution
T2 - On the Making of a National Medicine in Vietnam
AU - Wahlberg, Ayo
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
U2 - 10.1215/18752160-2406625
DO - 10.1215/18752160-2406625
M3 - Journal article
VL - 8
SP - 43
EP - 56
JO - East Asian Science, Technology and Society
JF - East Asian Science, Technology and Society
SN - 1875-2160
IS - 1
ER -
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