Ding Gengzhe 
Produced by Zhonghua Book Company-From Disease to Human Heart-Re-exploration of Medical and Social History of the Mediaeval Times 

How did the ancients face the plague? Is the miasma real or just a fantasy misinformed by people? What was the doctor-patient relationship like in ancient times? Did they also have doctor-patient conflicts? Professor Yu Gengzhe has long devoted himself to the study of medical social history in the Middle Ages of China. He believes that "disease can affect human history more than many factors in the long term." "When exploring the basic laws of man, society and even human nature, medical treatment and disease shall always be essential window". This book analyzes actual cases, explores the relationship between disease and human mind, medical treatment and society, traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine through a large amount of historical materials at home and abroad, and tries to discover the historical facts hidden behind the text, and provides certain kind of thinking that pulling traditional medicine back from the yoke of "science or superstition" and restore the original appearance of ancient Chinese medicine. Its entry points include the review and prospect of medical history research, the modeling of doctors” image, the discussion of doctor-patient relationship, as well as the thought on medical culture behind the ancient health system, the thinking mode of plague causing and curing, the influence of venereal diseases on brothel culture, and the tombs of the Song Dynasty.