Royal Doctors Research Articles

Overview on diagnosis and treatment of oral diseases in the Qing Royal Court

The remained documents and archives show that the history of diagnosis and treatment of oral diseases in royal court of the Qing Dynasty was over 200 years. The departmental system of medical care in the Qing Royal Court was inherited from former Ming Dynasty. Although the departments in the system changed over reigns, the Department of Dentistry exist all the time. In a set of historical records of 38 medical cases opened to the public, the documented symptoms and diseases, in the sense of modern medical science, included periodontitis, oral mucosal diseases, dental caries, parotiditis, etc., and the patients involved various ranks in the court, showing that oral diseases were common in the Qing Royal Court. The royal doctors ranked variedly and the medication they used was diverse. Medical fuming or steaming and medical heating were some distinctive methods among the treatments. In 1600s, the western modern medical science started to be introduced into China. In the reign of Kangxi Emperor (1700s), many western doctors were employed by the royal court and they engaged in the treatment of oral diseases. The late Qing Dynasty appeared the second peak that western doctors came into China. In 1898, Dr. Jingrong Chen, a dentist who possessed knowledge of modern dentistry in Beijing city, set up a dental clinic in the royal court and gave treatment to patients in the royal members and high-ranking officials.

Exercise and sport - challenges and benefits for the children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.

"Regular physical activity is able to replace almost every drug, but all drugs taken together will not replace exercise" This statement was written in XVI century by Wojciech Oczko (1537-1599) royal doctor of Polish Kings. Despite medical advances over 500 years, this sentence is still relevant today. In the hundred years since the discovery of insulin, enormous progress has also been made in the pharmacological treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). In the last decades new formulations of insulin, new methods of insulin delivery, e.g., advanced closed-loop hybrid systems have significantly improved glucose control. However, we must remember that good glycemic control is akey, but not one factor in preventing the development of chronic diabetes complications. Regular physical activity is associated with greater insulin sensitivity, increased fitness, better lipid profile and blood pressure [1]. It extends remission duration in children with new onset diabetes mellitus [2]. It significantly decreases risk of premature cardiovascular morbidity and all-cause mortality. Regular physical activity has not only health but also social benefits for children and adolescents with diabetes mellitus, so it is one of the fundamental parts of diabetes management and should be encouraged [3].

Research on author and existing versions of Xiu Shi Zhi Nan

Xiu Shi Zhi Nan(Guidelines of Processing of Herbs)《》is one of the three specialized books on herbs processing. But little of biography of its author was left. Some versions of this book had many errors. Zhang Rui was born in Zilang(today known as Nantong, Jiangsu Province). His family were friendly in generations with Ortai(,). Since his mother got ill, he decided to study medicine. He was an outstanding practitioner, and once was a royal doctor. His book Yi Xue Jie Ti(Medical Ladders)《》got praise by emperor Kangxi(). Mostly Xiu Shi Zhi Nan and Yi Xue Jie Ti published together, whose versions had two kinds: one volume and two volumes.The earliest existing version was Laishuxuan() version. Most of the latter versions were revised. There was a kind of two volume version: only Wenguangtang() version existed, which is based on Volume One system.

A Study on the Compilation of Naeuiwonseonsaengan(List of Royal Doctors)

A Study on the Compilation of Naeuiwonseonsaengan(List of Royal Doctors)

조선 인조(仁祖)의 질병관리 중 약죽(藥粥)의 적용과 의미에 관한 고찰 - 승정원일기 기록을 중심으로 -

During the Joseon Dynasty, medicinal foods derived from herbs were often more effective than traditional medicines. In addition, the royal family of the Joseon Dynasty believed that foods could be used as various disease treatments. Grain-based foods, especially medicinal porridges (藥粥), were most frequently used for diet therapy. We investigated various types of diet-related diseases suffered by King Injo (仁祖) as well as how the diseases were treated using medicinal porridges based on information in the SeungjeongwonIlgi (承政院日記), which is the daily record of the Royal Secretariat of the Joseon Dynasty. This study examined the SeungjeongwonIlgi of King Injo from his1st year (1623) to 27th year (1649) on a website database maintained by the National Institute of Korean History. According to the records, King Injo suffered from severe diarrhea several times due mainly to febrile disease (煩熱症) as well as abdominal dropsy (脹滿) throughout his entire life. Major diseases affecting King Injo were due to his unhealthy eating habits and psychological factors. For treatment, royal doctors prescribed around 15 medicinal porridges, including nelumbo (seed) porridge (Yeonja-juk), milk porridge (Tarak-juk), Chinese dioscorea porridge (Sanyak-juk), mungbean porridge (Nokdu-juk), perilla seed porridge (Imja-juk), adzuki-bean porridge (Pat-juk), soybean porridge (Kong-juk), Korean-leek porridge (Buchu-juk), and so on, in addition to other medical treatments. Diet therapy using medicinal porridges has been used throughout history since the Joseon Dynasty period. However, knowledge of traditional diet therapy and medicinal porridges used by monarchs in the Joseon Dynasty is insufficient. Therefore, in-depth study is needed to understand the theory of traditional medicinal foods as well as explore their application to patients in the context of modern medicine.

Western Foreigners on the Russian Service and Royal Doctors in the Time of Ivan the Terrible

The article is devoted to an examination of a question of the use of different western experts on the Russian service in the XVI century. The author tries to find out in what areas and what kind of foreign experts were used in Russia at the times of Ivan IV; what were the reasons for the use of the Western European experts as well as results and significance of this phenomenon. Changes in the position of immigrants from the Western Europe during one and a half centuries are also examined.

The Royal Doctors, 1485-1714: Medical Personnel at the Tudor and Stuart Courts (review)

Elizabeth Lane Furdell has drawn upon a rich collection of primary and secondary sources in order to assemble between the covers of one book this fascinating panoply of Tudor and Stuart elite medical practitioners. It is undoubtedly a remarkable achievement, covering, as it does, 330 years of medical history, and Furdell is to be congratulated on her painstaking research. Her approach is linear: starting with the reign of Henry VII and concluding with Queen Anne (not forgetting the Interregnum), we are introduced—through contemporary anecdotes, official State Papers, the Annals of the Royal College of Physicians of [End Page 428] London, and many other important sources—to the hundreds of individuals responsible for the health of successive royal households. Revealing the influence of monarchs upon the fortunes of medicine in its often uncertain advance toward professional status, the careers of medical personnel are placed in their courtly and political contexts, and the religious and political implications of royal choices are considered in the light of the shifting authoritarian imperative of an unruly medical marketplace. Entire monarchical medical establishments are reviewed, wives and children frequently proving as interesting a source of medical preference as the head of the household.

The Royal Doctors, 1485–1714: Medical Personnel at the Tudor and Stuart Courts Elizabeth Lane Furdell

The Royal Doctors, 1485–1714: Medical Personnel at the Tudor and Stuart Courts Elizabeth Lane Furdell

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The Royal Doctors, 1485-1714: Medical Personnel at the Tudor and Stuart Courts

Review: The Royal Doctors 1485-1714: Medical Personnel at the Tudor and Stuart Courts

Review: The Royal Doctors 1485-1714: Medical Personnel at the Tudor and Stuart Courts

Elizabeth Lane Furdell. The Royal Doctors 1485-1714: Medical Personnel at the Tudor and Stuart Courts. Rochester: University of Rochester Press. 2001. Pp. x, 305. $65.00. ISBN 1-58046-051-8.

Elizabeth Lane Furdell. The Royal Doctors 1485-1714: Medical Personnel at the Tudor and Stuart Courts. Rochester: University of Rochester Press. 2001. Pp. x, 305. $65.00. ISBN 1-58046-051-8. - Volume 34 Issue 4

Healing the Body Politic: French Royal Doctors, History, and the Birth of a Nation 1560-1634

This article examines the role played by royal doctors in forming an empirical political science in France at the end of the sixteenth century. Bringing with them took from the Galenic tradition, doctors such as Rodolphe Le Maistre, Abraham-Nicolas de La Framboisière, and Jean Héroard doubled as political counselors. They not only looked for ways to heal the king's body, they also looked for ways to heal and regulate the body of the nation. Their new vision of the monarch as a practicing physician of the state is an essential yet unknown facet of the origins of political modernity.

How to Find and use a Good Film

Once upon a time in a land far away, the royal doctor told his king, ‘There is a great plague coming that will strike down the flower of our youth. Our children must learn simple health rules or they will surely die.’