Chao Yuanfang: Imperial Physician of the Sui Dynasty and an Early Pertussis Observer? | Zendy

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Chao Yuanfang: Imperial Physician of the Sui Dynasty and an Early Pertussis Observer?

Author(s) -

Yan Liang,

Abdulbaset Salim,

Wendy Wu,

Paul E. Kilgore

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofw017

Subject(s) - medicine , classics , subject (documents) , china , ancient history , history of china , traditional medicine , history , library science , archaeology , computer science

Early Chinese texts contain extensive disease descriptions, including various texts that contain descriptions of modern-day conditions. During the Sui Dynasty, a leading scholar, Chao Yuanfang, may have authored a leading treatise 1400 years ago. Although these texts are the subject of ongoing research, evidence suggests that a clinical syndrome consistent with pertussis was observed in ancient China.

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