Wang K'en T'ang (Wang Kentang)

Wang K'en T'ang [Wang Kentang; 1549-1613 A.D.] - Wang was a court official who later became a physician. He collected information about medicine and produced the Liuke Zhengzhi Zhunsheng (Standards of Diagnosis and Treatment of Six Branches of Medicine) published in 1602 A.D.; it became the most widely used medical book of the 17th century.   return to Famous Doctors

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