title: [Xu Shou and the provenance of "confluence of Chinese and western medicine"].
abstract: Formerly, it is generally recognized that the idea of "confluence of Chinese and western medicine" was originated from Li Hongzhang's preface to the book, Wan guo yao fang (International Prescriptions) in 1890. Based on my own materials, in 1876, Xu Shou's Yi xue lun (On Medicine) already mentioned this term which may be reckoned as its earliest record.
authors.affiliation: Master candidate, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100700.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D001877:Books / Q000266:history*; D002681:China; D049672:History, 19th Century; D010686:Philosophy, Medical / Q000266:history*; D019366:Western World / Q000266:history*