No.189 Seminar ： The Riddle of ‘Warawayami (the Disease of Children)’
- Associate Professor Ryuta KIKUYA (Hakubi 8th batch, Grduate School of Letters)
- 2020/12/08 4:30pm
- ZOOM (Closed)
- Japanese
Summary
Identifying and combating epidemics as a ‘Phantom Menace’ has been one of humanity’s most significant challenges since the beginning of time. The formation of the modern idea of pathogens ‘Contagium vivim/animatum’ was prompted by the Roman Epicurean Lucretius (99-55 B.C.), who described the basic idea of ‘Semina rerum’ based on the Ancient Atomism. On the other hand, the opposing theory of ‘Miasma (μίασμα/miasma, mal aria)’ was rejected by Lehuwenhoek and Pasteur, and eventually disappeared. In this presentation, I would like to focus on the relationship between Indian and Japanese traditional medical history of Plague and Pathogens. Primarily, I will guide you to the history of a disease, ‘Gyakubyou/Okori/Warawayami(瘧病・瘧, the Disease of Children),’ which known as intermittent fever described in Yōrō-Ritsuryō(養老律令, promulgated in 756). Second, I will introduce some samples that the Buddhist monks whose role examines and treats people in Nālanda monastery around 7 to 8 century transmitted their medical knowledge to other Asia countries via rakṣā literature regarding early Tantric rituals.
Opening talk
My Hakubi Days
- Speaker：Assistant Professor Yoshihiro MARUYAMA (Hakubi 6th, Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies/The Australian National University)
- Presentation Language：Japanese
Summary
In this talk I will summarise and conclude my Hakubi project”Categorical Foundations of Mathematics, Physics, and Language, and theUnifying Image of the World”, together with outlooks for speculative futures.