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In the Chinese medical history, there were lots of great women doctors. Their excellent skills, medical morals and utter devotion were held in high respect and praised by later generations. |
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- Yi Shuo
- Way back to the Western Han Dynasty some 2,000 years ago, there was a woman named Yi Shuo in the East Area of the Yellow River (present-day Fuxian County of Shanxi Province). She was a famous woman...
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- Immortal Lady Bao
- In the Jin Dynasty, Bao Gu, the daughter of the Nanhai prefecture chief in Guangdong, was also a noted woman doctor. Her husband was Ge Hong, a renowned alchemist at that time, who wrote famous...
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- Sayings of a Woman Doctor
- Tan Yunxian was a woman doctor of the Ming Dynasty. She was from Wuxi in Jiangsu. Her grandfather was a famous doctor in the area, who used to serve as an official in the Ministry of Penalty. Her...
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- Zhang Xiaoniangzi
- In the Song Dynasty, there was a famous surgeon named Zhang Xiaoniangzi. Her medical skills were neither handed down from her ancestors, nor learned from her husband while practicing medicine with...
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