History of Western Medicine in Hong Kong

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History of Western Medicine in Hong Kong

This book is divided into two parts. The first part covers the process of making targeted drugs from raw herbs, introducing the invention and introduction of important drugs, the overview of over-the-counter Western medicine, logistics and manufacturing, and the evolution of government medical policies, etc. The content is extensive and arranged chronologically, laying out the history of the Western pharmaceutical industry clearly. The second part introduces six industry leaders, including Henry Kam Fu Lee, Liu Zhonglin, Lei Yaoguang, Wei Yian, and Wu Yaozhang and Wu Yonghui father and son. It adds flesh and blood to the framework of the history of the Western medicine industry in historical writing. The author, Zhao Yue, is the founder and president of the Hong Kong Society for the History of Pharmacy. He personally visited various predecessors in the pharmaceutical industry and spent many years writing this book. The information is detailed and it is an ideal textbook for understanding related topics.
Book Title History of Western Medicine in Hong Kong
Author Zhao Yue
ISBN 9789620445835
Book Language Chinese
Publication Date 2020-04-01
Publisher Joint Publishing
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