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Correspondence
Nature 406, 673 (17 August 2000) | doi:10.1038/35021302
Will we ever know what the Chinese knew?
Ichikawa Shinji1
- FKAMPO(Traditional Japanese Medicine journal) 540-29 Ikeno, Ikeda-cho, Ibi-gun, 503-2424 Gifu, Japan
I was intrigued by recent letters about the Chinese medical treatise Su Wên and its apparent account of blood circulation. Prioreschi's argument (Nature 405, 993; 2000), based on uncertainty about the exact meaning of certain words, is insufficient to disqualify the ancient Chinese as the discoverers of blood circulation.
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