@incollection{fdi:010065582,
  title = {{C}limate, environment and epidemic febrile diseases : a view from {C}hinese medicine},
  author = {{B}uchillet, {D}ominique},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{C}hinese classics of medicine and medical records abound in reference to epidemic febrile diseases. {A}long with famine due to crop failures, droughts, floods and wars, they exerted a heavy burden on {C}hinese populations throughout the ages. {T}he early classics of medicine (e.g. {H}uang {D}i {N}ei {J}ing, {N}an {J}ing, {S}hang {H}an {L}un, about 200 {B}.{C}.-220 {A}.{D}.) credited epidemic diseases to the invasion of the body by pathogenic cold and wind, classing them into the category of "cold damage disorders". {W}ith the creation of the "{S}chool of {W}arm {D}iseases" ({Q}ing {D}ynasty, 1644-1911), a new conception of epidemic diseases emerged: distinction between "warm diseases" and "cold damage disorders", role of a warm "epidemic (or pestilential) qi" or "epidemic toxin" in their occurrence, body invasion through the mouth and nose, high contagiousness, specificity of the epidemic qi according to the species (human or animal) and the nature of the epidemic disease, favouring role of severe climatic and environmental conditions in their emergence, etc. {T}his paper reviews the evolution of medical perceptions on epidemic diseases through {C}hinese classics of medicine. {I}t stresses the importance of the growing awareness of variations in local and regional environments (with their climatic, epidemiological and medical specificities) in the refashioning of discourses and practices relative to epidemic diseases in {C}hinese medicine.},
  keywords = {{CHINE}},
  booktitle = {{S}ocio-ecological dimensions of infectious diseases in {S}outheast {A}sia},
  numero = {},
  pages = {9--25},
  address = {{S}ingapour},
  publisher = {{S}pringer},
  series = {},
  year = {2015},
  DOI = {10.1007/978-981-287-527-3_2},
  ISBN = {978-981-287-526-6 ; 978-981-287-527-3},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010065582},
}