About the author
Ye Lin is an author about whom little is currently known. Publicly available information is limited, and his native place, dates of birth and death, and medical training cannot be reliably established; at present his writings can only be understood through the work held in the collection. The only extant work attributed to Ye Lin is A Compendium of Sha and Measles (Sharhen Jiyao), catalogued under medicine, which indicates that his focus was on sha and measles and similar externally contracted diseases in traditional Chinese medicine. Judging from the title, the phrase "compendium" suggests that the book gathers and organizes earlier discussions of sha and measles, selecting the essentials; it is thus a medical compilation and clinical reference rather than a collection of personal case records or a formulary. Works of this kind generally served clinical diagnosis and the checking of formulas, allowing physicians to match treatments to patterns, and they had a certain practical value in transmitting experience in diagnosing and treating contagious ailments such as sha and measles. Because biographical materials are lacking, Ye Lin's other activities and scholarly background await further sources.
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Rating 3.4★ Collected Essentials of Sha and Measles 叶霖 Qunyan Publishing House · 2024 The Rites of Zhou shows that everything Duke of Zhou used to govern the realm was fully provided for. Even the medical officers were appointed from th… The True Meaning of the Classic of Difficult Issues 叶霖 / 杨建宇 / 翟凤霞 / 杨硕 Zhongyuan Farmers Publishing House · 2022 The True Meaning of the Classic of Difficult Issues is an annotated edition of the Classic of Difficult Issues (Nanjing) by the Qing-dynasty physician… Complete Compendium of Chinese Medicine, Volume 18: Annotated and Expanded Wenbing Tiaobian 吴瑭 / 王士雄 / 叶霖 / Zheng Xuetang / 曹炳章 Shanghai Scientific & Technical Publishers · 1990 This is the 18th volume of the revised and corrected reissue of The Great Compendium of Chinese Medicine, centering on the Supplementary Annotated Edi… Revised and Expanded Ye-Annotated Complete Book of Summerheat Disorders Zhang Heteng / 叶霖 / 曹炳章 The Augmented Complete Book of Summerheat, with Ye's Commentary originates from the Complete Book of Summerheat, written by the Ming dynasty physician… Compendium of Measles 叶霖 Compendium of Measles is a monograph on pediatric medicine in traditional Chinese medicine compiled by the Qing dynasty physician Ye Lin (courtesy nam…Publishers
Shanghai Scientific & Technical PublishersZhongyuan Farmers Publishing HouseQunyan Publishing House