History of Chinese Invention - Early Endocrinology

The Genius of China
3,000 Years of Science, Discovery and Invention
written by Robert K.G. Temple and published by Simon and Schuster, 1986
Currently out-of-print

Clerks and Craftsmen in China and the West:
Lectures and Addresses on the History of Science and Technology
Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Includes an essay on the social background of Chinese medicine:
"Proto-endocrinology in Medieval China" (pp. 294-315)