Vitale, Judith (2020). Opiates and the ‘Therapeutic Revolution’ in Japan. Social History of Medicine, 34 (3), pp. 938-961. 10.1093/shm/hkaa051
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This article argues that the widespread use of opiate-compounded medicines in late-nineteenth-century Japan was partly a result of Meiji period (1868–1912) public health policies. An overview of the status of opiates in Japan from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries is intended to explain possible reasons: pharmaceutical reforms in the 1870s and 1880s were based on Edo-period (1603–1868) protostructures of regulated drug manufacture; in contrast, the Meiji government failed to introduce Western clinical practice within a short span of time. As a result opiates, marketed as Western ‘modern’ medicines, were smoothly integrated into pre-existing beliefs, according to which drugs and diets maintained bodily health.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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ISSN: |
0951-631X |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Judith Vitale |
Date Deposited: |
22 Jul 2024 10:36 |
Last Modified: |
23 Jul 2024 15:44 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1093/shm/hkaa051 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: |
opium, morphine, Japan, patent medicines, cholera |
PHBern DOI: |
10.57694/7484 |
URI: |
https://phrepo.phbern.ch/id/eprint/7484 |