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elementsandofthecirculationofvitalenergyandblood
inthehumanbody:
Thegeneralprinciplesofcircularmovementdonot
differhere[inthehumanbody-E.K.]fromtheones
existinginmoreknowncelestialbodies,therotationof
whichisbetterknownandisadmittedtobeeternal.In
fact,thequestionofeternityoftheUniversewasstud-
iedbymanyscholarlyinstitutionsandmanyThomists2
confirmedthatthesphereofcelestialbodies3rotates
dayandnight,round-the-clock,andeveryyearweob-
servenotonlythemovementoftheSun,butalsoof
otherplanetsthatwerecreatedbyGodandmanyChi-
nesebelieveittobetrue.Manypagans,Aristotleamong
them,infactwereprovingitseternity.
Thirtyyearsago,myresearcharticleontheearliestEu-
ropeanworkonChinesemedicineandpharmacy-“Mi-
chaelBoym’sMedicusSinicus”-waspublishedinT’oung
Pao.4IreferredtheretoearlierpolemicsofPaulPelliot
withRobertChabrie5andpresentedmydocumentedview
thatbothsomuchdiscussedearlybooksonChinesemed-
icineandpharmacy:SpecimenMedicinaeSinicaepublished
2
Thomism-philosophicaltendenciescreatedbySt.Thom-
asdeAquino(1224-1276)whoadoptedthephilosophyofAr-
istotlefortheneedsofChristianphilosophy.
3
BoymusestheLatintermorbemcoelorumspatium,thatis“the
celestialsphere.”
4
E.Kajdański,“MichaelBoym’sMedicusSinicus”,T’oungPao
1987,vol.73.
5
P
.Pelliot,“MichaelBoym”,T’oungPao1935,vol.31.
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