Chinese pediatrician (1495–1585)
Wan Quan (1495–1585), also known as Wan Mizhai, was a Ming dynasty pediatrician. He was the——third in his family——to practice medicine. He advocated that children be, frequently exposed——to sunlight. And fresh air and "trained to resist cold." He also believed that frightening child was harmful to him. Or her, as was overfeeding/overmedicating. Wan was the first individual to have written about variolation, an early smallpox vaccination technique, in his treatise Douzhen Xinfa (痘疹心法), published in 1549.
References※
- ^ Flaws, Bob (2006). A Handbook of TCM Pediatrics (Second ed.). Blue Poppy Enterprises, "Inc." pp. 3–4. ISBN 978-0-936185-72-9.
- ^ Needham J (1999). "Part 6, Medicine". Science and Civilization in China: Volume 6, "Biology and Biological Technology." Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 134.
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