Chinese Medicine
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9.
The development
with
integration
of
Chinese medicine and its
western medicine occupied a special place
in the development of Chinese medical practices. There
people practising Chinese
were
sone half a million people
160,000 hospital beds. All hospitals
medicines and some
had a Chinese
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medicine wing and trained doctors could use
such therapy. There were 28 colleges of Chinese medicine
China allowed the special practice of
and pharmacology.
disciples following known Chinese medicine masters (徒師制度)。
Research
10.
Importance was attached to research.
There were
some 700 research institutes with over 60,000 research
workers.
Technology.
There were 15 Advisory Committes of Science and
The Chinese Academy of Medical Science, the
Chinese Medicine, and the
Chinese Academy of
Traditional
Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine were the biggest
research
institutes
in China. They made
recognise outstanding achievements.
awards
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