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[China. Medicine] Li Shizen's secret medicine book for treating trauma (ca. 1877)

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Li Shizhen

[China. Medicine] Li Shizen's secret medicine book for treating trauma (ca. 1877)

an overview of the human body according to traditional Chinese medicine.

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ca. 1877, Wrappers

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Ca. 1877. 20 p., woodcut ill. of author and 18 woodcut ills. in text, incl. an overview of the human body according to traditional Chinese medicine. Cord-bound wr. in butterfly binding w. vague publication stamp.

Wrapper slightly worn.

Li Shizhen

Chinese polymath and scientist (1517-1593)

Li Shizhen, courtesy name Dongbi, was a Chinese acupuncturist, herbalist, naturalist, pharmacologist, physician, and writer of the Ming dynasty. He is the author of a 27-year work, the Compendium of Materia Medica. He developed several methods for classifying herb components and medications for treating diseases. The Compendium is a pharmacology text with 1,892 entries, with details about more than 1,800 traditional Chinese medicines, including 1,100 illustrations and 11,000 prescriptions. Wikipedia

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