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Situating Drug Knowledge in China: A Digital Humanities Solution

Reblogged from The Recipes Project, 11.06.2015. Drugs, be they plant, animal or mineral, were important objects for trade, cure and even spiritual salvation throughout Chinese history even until today.  They appear in all sorts of diverse sources, from poems and diaries to scriptures, pharmacopoeias and recipe books. The historical record for the early imperial period (221 … Continue reading Situating Drug Knowledge in China: A Digital Humanities Solution