The first eleven leaves of this manuscript contain nine richly hand colored drawings of abdominal organs with accompanying text. The illustrations are of the dissected body of Hsi fan Ou, a dissident Chinese leader who was captured and executed in 1045 along with many of his accomplices. His body was received by several doctors who dissected and...
Creator:
Kajiwara, Seizen, approximately 1265-approximately 1337
Contributor:
Asai, Shūhaku, 1643-1705
Created:
1550? - 1650?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
Concerns moxibustion treatment for adults and children with 36 pictures of adults and 9 of children, illustrating the locations of acupuncture points with explanation of efficacies.
Contributor:
Dou, Guifang, active 14th century; 竇桂芳, active 14th century
Created:
1600 - 1699?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.
This present edition is also a notable and important piece of early printing using movable types. From 1608 to 1630, an obscure figre named ""Baijuken"" produced thirty books with movable types, almost of of which were reprints of Ming Chinese medical texts. Movable types were employed for only a brief period, which had begun upon the initiative...
Creator:
滑壽, fl. 1360-1370.; Shou Hua active 1360-1370.
Created:
1618
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Owen H. Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine.