Chinese Physician

After graduating from Oxford University in 1993 with a degree in Oriental Studies (Chinese), Joanna Grant carried out research into various aspects of Chinese medical history at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London, for which she was awarded a PhD in 1997.

• Part I - Wang Ji, medical culture and contemporary societyPart II - The Stone Mountain medical case historiesPart III - Wang Ji's medical practice: a textual analysis of the Stone Mountain medical case historiesPart IV - gender, culture and medicine: a gender analysis of the Stone Mountain medical case histories

'This book offers an extraordinary insight into the tradition that we study and practice...' - Peter Deadman, The Journal of Chinese Medicine'Grant's findings...notably enrich existing scholarship on medicine and gender' - Journal of Asian Studies'Grant's study of Wang will facilitate future inquiry into these issues and help encourage scholarly attention to this lively period in Chinese medical history' - Journal of Asian Studies'Grant has supplied a well-researched and significant study of one physician's elite medical practice in the Ming. She is careful not to extrapolate beyond the limits of the material, but others will surely find these findings interesting and suggestive enough to stimulate further research.' - China Review International