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montage of portraits and title pages Omura's Surgery handbook Li's The Great herbal Matsuzawa's Selected case reports of surgical operations Oe's Medical herbs Hua's The Routes of fourteen channels Li Shih-chen Huang Ti Wang's Huang-ti su wen Shen-nung's Herbal and prescriptions Chang Chung-ching Chi's Golden chamber of treasures wang Shen Nung Chang's Treatise on colds and fevers Ho Chun's Treasures of eastern medical knowledge Chin's Elucidataion of Shang han lun

The National Library of Medicine (NLM) holds approximately 2,000 volumes of Chinese medical classics. Here we display a few of the earliest and most interesting texts from the NLM collection. Also included are portraits of a few significant figures in early Chinese medicine whose contributions range from acupuncture to the pioneering uses of herbal medicines to the concept of Yin and Yang. Through the exhibit, we hoped to draw attention to a fascinating part of NLM's historical resources.

Books on Display

Chinese Medicine in Korea and Japan

Yin and Yang

Emperors and Physicians

Credits

Last reviewed: 23 October 2009
Last updated: 23 October 2009
First published: 10 January 2001
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