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Naming the Local: Medicine, Language, and Identity in Korea since the Fifteenth Century. By Soyoung Suh. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Asia Center, 2017. Pp. xiv + 228. ISBN 10: 0674976967; ISBN 13: 978-0674976962.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 July 2018

Taewoo Kim*
Affiliation:
Kyung Hee University E-mail tkim77@khu.ac.kr

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1 While the author translates the title as “Standard Prescriptions of Local Botanicals”, not all researchers would agree with this designation, as there is no formulation that can be translated as “standard.” Moreover, this modernity-reminding word can hardly be used for texts published in the premodern era.