Currents,1600-20001.PDF

EASTM 22 (2004): 10-68 Restructuring the Field of Chinese Medicine: A Study of the Menghe and Ding Scholarly Currents, 1600-20001 Part 1 Volker Scheid [Volker Scheid studied Chinese medicine in the UK and China, holding post- graduate diplomas from the Universities of Chinese Medicine and Pharmacol- ogy in Beijing (1994) and Shanghai (2000). He studied social psychology at the University of Sussex (B.A. Hons, 1992), and medical anthropology at the Uni- versity of Cambridge (PhD, 1998). He completed a Wellcome Trust post- doctoral fellowship in the history of medicine at the School of Oriental and Afri- can Studies, London (1999-2002), and is currently a research fellow at the School of Integrated Health, University of Westminster, London, engaged in an interdisciplinary research project funded by the Department of Health that ex- amines the social construction and treatment of menopause by East Asian tradi- tional medicines. He maintains a Chinese medical practice in London specializ- ing in gynaecology and internal medicine.] * * * 1 The fieldwork and research on which this article is based was enabled by a Wellcome Trust post-doctoral research fellowship in the history of medicine at the School of Orien- tal and African Studies, London. Final editing was supported by the DH-National Co- ordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development (NCC RCD). My research in China was helped by too many people to list here. I owe particular thanks to Professor Ding Yi’e, Professor Fei Xiangji, Professor Ma Shounan and Dr. Yu Xin for sharing with me the histories of their families. I am also indebted to Professor Chao Bofang, Professor Ding Xueping, Professor Shen