title: [The cultural and medical significance of Xin an mingzuzhi(History of Famous Family in Xin'an)].
abstract: History of Famous Family in Xin'an includes abundant information and important value of the medical cultural history, including the medical family, medical ethics and the number of the famous doctors and its distribution, the medical books and its outline the medical ethics, the diseases. As for the 115 famous doctors recorded in this book, Shexian county owns the most while Jixi county owns the least, and of the average number of famous doctors among the 10, 000 local people, Yixian county owns the most while Xiuning county owns the least. History of Famous Family in Xin'an includes 26 medical books, ranging from medical literature study, gynecological treatment, external medical treatment, diagnosis and treatment of pediatric diseases, ancient medical case records, medical education, acu-moxibustion and summary of other medical experiences. The book also demonstrates the noble morality of doctors, development of doctor' family, and records of paralytic stroke, epistaxis, tuberculous consumptive diseases, furunculosis, dystocia and some infectious diseases.
authors.affiliation: School of Marxism, Guizhou Normal University/Historical Geography Research Center of Guizhou Normal University; Guiyang 550001.
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.affiliation: Anhui University of Chinese Medicine, Hefei, 230038, China.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Wan
mesh_terms: D001877:Books; D004501:Education, Medical; D004992:Ethics, Medical; D009071:Moxibustion; D010820:Physicians