%0 Journal Article
%T Antoine Thomas, SI as a  Patient  of the Kangxi Emperor (r. 1662-1722): A Case Study on the Appropriation of Theriac at the Imperial Court
%A Puente-Ballesteros
%A Beatriz
%J Asclepio : Revista de Historia de la Medicina y de la Ciencia
%D 2012
%I Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cient¨ªficas
%X In this article I shall concentrate on Antoine Thomas¡¯ illness and death (July 28, 1709) in Peking. This will serve as a case study to elucidate certain aspects of the role played by Jesuit medicine, i.e. Jesuit physicians and Jesuit drugs, at the court of the Kangxi emperor (r. 1662-1722), the first of the three great rulers of the Qing dynasty (1644-1911). As a first step the network of power, as reflected in the so-called medical palace memorials, will be presented in order to arrive at a more comprehensive evaluation of the medical involvement of the Jesuits, as practising physicians, suppliers of foreign drugs and as patients. It will be shown that the circumstances of Thomas¡¯ illness and death must be based on a political and social analysis of the role of court medicine as patronised by the Kangxi emperor. Secondly, the case study of Antoine Thomas will also allow us to reflect on the delocalisation and appropriation of theriac at the Chinese court - one of the foreign drugs in the supply of which Jesuits might have been participated. Last but not least, I shall introduce a number of references in archival documents which throw some additional light on Thomas¡¯ illness and death, and how they were perceived and dealt with in the imperial court. En el presente art¨ªculo me centro en la enfermedad y muerte de Antoine Thomas (28 de Julio, 1709) en Beijing. Lo cual servir¨¢ como estudio para aclarar ciertos aspectos del papel jugado por la medicina Jesuita, es decir, m¨¦dicos Jesuitas y medicinas Jesuitas en la corte del emperador Kangxi (r. 1662-1722), el primero de los tres grandes emperadores de la dinast¨ªa Qing (1644-1911). Primero se presentar¨¢ la red de poder, seg¨²n se ve reflejada en los llamados memoriales de palacio de medicina, para poder llegar a una evaluaci¨®n m¨¢s profunda de la involucraci¨®n m¨¦dica de los Jesuitas, como m¨¦dicos practicantes, proveedores de medicamentos extranjeros y como pacientes. Se demostrar¨¢ que las circunstancias de la enfermedad y muerte de Thomas han de basarse en un an¨¢lisis pol¨ªtico y social del papel de la medicina de corte promovida por el emperador Kangxi. En segundo lugar, el estudio sobre Antoine Thomas tambi¨¦n nos permitir¨¢ reflexionar sobre la deslocalizaci¨®n y apropiaci¨®n de la teriaca en la corte china - uno de los medicamentos extranjeros en cuyo suministro posiblemente participaran los Jesuitas. Para terminar, presentar¨¦ numerosas referencias en documentos de archivo que arrojar¨¢n algo m¨¢s de luz sobre la enfermedad y muerte de Thomas, y c¨®mo fueron percibidas y tratadas en la corte imperial.
%K Theriac
%K Kangxi emperor
%K Imperial Network
%K Court medicine
%K Court physicians
%K Jesuit physicians
%K Jesuit drugs
%K Western medicine
%K Power
%K Patronage
%K Medical palace memorials
%K Delocalisation
%K Appropriation
%K Medical diversity
%K Funeral ritual
%K Teriaca
%K Emperador Kangxi
%K Red Imperial
%K Medicina de corte
%K M¨¦dicos de corte
%K M¨¦dicos Jesuitas
%K Medicamentos Jesuitas
%K Medicina occidental
%K Poder
%K Patrocinio
%K Memorias m¨¦dicas de palacio
%K Deslocalizaci¨®n
%K Apropiaci¨®n
%K Diversidad m¨¦dica
%K Ritual f
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