Review: <i>Mao’s Bestiary: Medicinal Animals and Modern China</i>, by Liz P. Y. Chee
Two major global health crises of the 21st century, the SARS and the Covid-19 pandemics, are both said to have stemmed from the consumption of animals in China, a practice often linked to traditional Chinese beliefs in the medical efficacies of animals.However, by examining the rise of medicinal animals in the People's Republic of China (PRC) from
Authors
- P. Zhang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-8034-0456)
Institutions
- University of Cambridge (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Animal History
- Published
- 2024-10-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1525/ah.2024.2315396
- Primary Topic
- History of Science and Medicine
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00