Title: "Hara no mushi" no kenkyū
Description: Expression using "insects" or "worms" in Japanese language has a unique philosophy. This book deciphers medical philosophy, literary works, and folk customs of the past, and it sheds light on the Japanese view of mind and body from the multi-faceted figure of "insect."
Subjects: Igaku-Rekishi, Mind and body, Diseases, Medicine, Shintaizō, Human body, Byōki-Rekishi, History, Psychological aspects
Places: Japan
Time periods: 19th century