To the Editor： Pulmonary embolism （PE） used to be thought to be rare in China.1 Traditional teaching by such authorities as Snapper, who was highly regarded in old China as one of the most astute diagnosticians, wa...To the Editor： Pulmonary embolism （PE） used to be thought to be rare in China.1 Traditional teaching by such authorities as Snapper, who was highly regarded in old China as one of the most astute diagnosticians, was that PE was uncommon in China.2 As a matter of fact, he did not even mention it in his book ＂Chinese lessons to western medicine＂,3 published in 1941. The rarity of pulmonary embolism was even more remarkable when one considered the widespread use of birth control pills among the Chinese women of child-bearing age.1展开更多
Confusion continues in figuring out which of the Chinese author＇s name in a publication is the surname, although I have made numerous attempts in suggesting possible solutions to this nasty problem in the past. There...Confusion continues in figuring out which of the Chinese author＇s name in a publication is the surname, although I have made numerous attempts in suggesting possible solutions to this nasty problem in the past. There is a fundamental difference between a Chinese name and a Western name.展开更多
To the Editor: I read with great interest your masterful article on study of the tongue in patients with coronary heart disease.Tongue is,indeed,the window to the heart.Many cardiovascular diseases including coronary ...To the Editor: I read with great interest your masterful article on study of the tongue in patients with coronary heart disease.Tongue is,indeed,the window to the heart.Many cardiovascular diseases including coronary heart disease can be accurately diagnosed by the Chinese traditional physicians by careful inspection of the tongue(Figure 1).展开更多
＂Acupuncture in Modern Medicine＂, first published by INTECH in February, 2013, is co-edited by Dr. Lucy L. Chen, an anesthesiologist and pain medicine specialist at Harvard Medical School, and Dr. Tsung O. Cheng, a ...＂Acupuncture in Modern Medicine＂, first published by INTECH in February, 2013, is co-edited by Dr. Lucy L. Chen, an anesthesiologist and pain medicine specialist at Harvard Medical School, and Dr. Tsung O. Cheng, a cardiologist and Professor of Medicine at George Washington University. This book contains a total of eighteen chapters under four general sections, namely, Acupuncture Research, New Development in Acupuncture, Clinical Acupuncture and Acupuncture Therapy Assessment, and offers readers a comprehensive update of acupuncture practices and researches. This work is intended for physicians, acupuncturists, medical students and other healthcare practitioners. A great number of experienced and renowned acupuncture practitioners, clinicians and researchers from both the private and academic worlds contributed to the contents of this book. Topics discussed in this book provide a unique insight to current status and new trends in acupuncture researches accompanied by comprehensive and analytic reviews by scientists and clinicians on clinical application of acupuncture therapy as well as its latest developments.展开更多
文摘To the Editor： Pulmonary embolism （PE） used to be thought to be rare in China.1 Traditional teaching by such authorities as Snapper, who was highly regarded in old China as one of the most astute diagnosticians, was that PE was uncommon in China.2 As a matter of fact, he did not even mention it in his book ＂Chinese lessons to western medicine＂,3 published in 1941. The rarity of pulmonary embolism was even more remarkable when one considered the widespread use of birth control pills among the Chinese women of child-bearing age.1
文摘Confusion continues in figuring out which of the Chinese author＇s name in a publication is the surname, although I have made numerous attempts in suggesting possible solutions to this nasty problem in the past. There is a fundamental difference between a Chinese name and a Western name.
文摘To the Editor: I read with great interest your masterful article on study of the tongue in patients with coronary heart disease.Tongue is,indeed,the window to the heart.Many cardiovascular diseases including coronary heart disease can be accurately diagnosed by the Chinese traditional physicians by careful inspection of the tongue(Figure 1).
文摘＂Acupuncture in Modern Medicine＂, first published by INTECH in February, 2013, is co-edited by Dr. Lucy L. Chen, an anesthesiologist and pain medicine specialist at Harvard Medical School, and Dr. Tsung O. Cheng, a cardiologist and Professor of Medicine at George Washington University. This book contains a total of eighteen chapters under four general sections, namely, Acupuncture Research, New Development in Acupuncture, Clinical Acupuncture and Acupuncture Therapy Assessment, and offers readers a comprehensive update of acupuncture practices and researches. This work is intended for physicians, acupuncturists, medical students and other healthcare practitioners. A great number of experienced and renowned acupuncture practitioners, clinicians and researchers from both the private and academic worlds contributed to the contents of this book. Topics discussed in this book provide a unique insight to current status and new trends in acupuncture researches accompanied by comprehensive and analytic reviews by scientists and clinicians on clinical application of acupuncture therapy as well as its latest developments.
