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題 名 | 漢代邊防吏卒疾病試析--以居延漢簡所見疑似壞血病及諸症狀為中心=Diseases of the Juyan Soldiers in the Han Dynasty: The Case of Scurvy |
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作 者 | 陳彥良; | 書刊名 | 東吳歷史學報 |
卷 期 | 24 2010.12[民99.12] |
頁 次 | 頁1-50 |
分類號 | 410.092、410.092 |
關鍵詞 | 漢代; 居延; 簡牘; 壞血病; 軍事; 疾病史; Han Dynasty; Scurvy; Juyan wooden slips; Defense system; Soldiers' diseases; |
語 文 | 中文(Chinese) |
中文摘要 | 本文根據居延、河西地區出土漢簡,探討兩漢邊塞戍卒的疾病及相關問題。簡牘史料保留許多兩漢吏卒疾病的文字記錄,如頭痛、傷寒、傷汗、「病心腹」等,除此之外,更有多枚內容是有關胸脅、腹部、股髀部位的腫脹等特殊症狀的描述,值得一探。本文針對此類病症記錄,經由出土簡牘與傳世文獻的對照、分析以及推論,得到幾個初步看法:第一,漢代邊塞吏卒所患這類脅、腹、足、股接連部位腫脹的疾病特徵與近代醫學所指之壞血病(scurvy)極爲近似。第二,壞血病乃人體缺乏維生素C引起,而由簡牘記錄中所見駐軍飲食內容與蔬果供給條件的探討顯示,吏卒攝取足夠維生素C的機會不高。第三,簡牘中這類疑似壞血病案例,就絕對數量而言並不算多,但從殘簡留存機率的角度看,反映此類病症對於邊防戰力存續的影響不應輕估。本研究或可對兩漢國力消長問題的思考給予若干新的啟發。 |
英文摘要 | This paper discusses diseases of soldiers at the north-western frontier in the Han Dynasty. Documents on Han Dynasty wooden slips excavated from Juyan preserved some records describing soldiers' tumefactions and swellings on their arm-chest and thigh-abdomen regions. Comparing these documents and traditional medicine literatures, the records on wooden slips were re-interpreted. My main findings are: (1) Characters of Juyan soldiers' tumefactions and swellings on arm-chest and thigh-abdomen were very similar to scurvy's symptoms. (2) Scurvy was due to vitamin C deficiency, and the soldiers' diet and fruits-vegetables supply revealed that their intake of vitamin C was insufficient. (3) Scurvy could be a more widespread problem because of the difficulties of preservation and discovering about vegetable fiber. |
本系統中英文摘要資訊取自各篇刊載內容。