Liu, Wan-su, fl. 1186
劉完素
Huang-ti su wen hsuan ming fang lun: Chung k'an Su wen hsuan ming fang lun (An Advanced Book of Su wen with a Supplement of Prescriptions)
黃帝素問宣明論方
Kyoto, 1740. 5 vols.
NLM Call Number: WZ 260 L7895h 1740.
This text discusses the symptoms of the various diseases mentioned in Su wen (Questions and answers about living matter), supplemented with prescriptions. Su wen is one of the two books which make up Huang-ti Nei ching
Chi, Hisai
Kimpi-Yoryaku Kokujikai (The golden chamber of treasures: prescriptions and formularies)
金匱要畧國字解
Edo, 1780.
NLM Call Number: WZ 260 U71k 1780.
Li, Shih-chen, 1518-1593
李時珍
Pen ts'ao kang mu: Chiao cheng Pen ts'ao kang mu (The Great Herbal)
本草綱目 / 李時珍東璧編輯 ; 錢蔚起鏡石較訂
Japan, 1672. 36 vols.
NLM Call Number: WZ 250 L692b 1672.
Wang, Ang, b. 1615; Hu, Tsung-wen
Shen-nung pen ts'ao pei yao i fang ho pien (Herbal and Prescriptions)
China, 1740. 6 vols.
NLM Call Number: WZ 260 W253s 1740.
The first volume of this work, shown here, includes drawings of herbs, minerals, and animals. The remaining volumes cover pharmacology and the therapeutic uses of the materia medica.
Chang Chung-ching, fl. 168-196; Wang Shu-ho, 265-316; Lin l, fl. 1068-1078
張仲景
Shang han lun: Chiao cheng Sung pan Shang han lun (Treatise on Colds and Fevers)
校正傷寒論
Nagoya, 1797.
NLM Call Number: WZ 260 Z64k 1797.
This work is a revised Song dynasty (960-1279 AD) version of Chang Chung-ching's Shang han lun.
Ch'in Chih-chen, fl. 1706
Shang han ta pai (Elucidation of Shang han lun)
China, 1714.
NLM Call Number: WZ 260 C534s 1714
This work is a later interpretation of Chang Chung-ching's classic work on the diagnosis and treatment of cold and fever syndromes. The original author's name and the title of the book appear here on the title page.
Oe, Iken
Honzo Wage Yakusei Zuko (Medical Herbs)
本草和解
Japan, 1697.
NLM Call Number: WZ 250 M267h 1697
A Japanese translation of Shen-nung pen ts'ao (Divine Husbandman's Materia Medica)
Hua Shou, fl. 1360-1370
滑壽
Jushikyo (The Routes of Fourteen Channels and Their Functions)
十四經發揮
Kyoto, 1716.
NLM Call Number: WZ 260 H868s 1716
Shown here is a description of 20 acupuncture points on the arm that are used to treat colon diseases. It is written in a sonnet style for easier memorization.
Matsuzawa, Kenshia
Kikerabi kiroku (Selected Case Reports of Surgical Operations)
聞選竒錄
Japan, 1818.
NLM Call Number: MS B 683
These pages show the removal of tumor tissue from a patient's breast (right) and the pathological specimen (left). This manuscript describes the surgical procedures of the Hanaoka school, which used Chinese herbs as a general anesthetic.
Seishu Hanaoka (1760-1835), a Japanese pioneer in anesthesia, performed the first breast cancer surgery using herbal general anesthesia.
Watanabe, Hidetomi
渡邊東伯
Gorui Shimpo (Studies in Acupuncture)
合類鍼法竒貨
Tokyo, 1679. 5 vols.
NLM Call Number: WZ 250 W338g 1680
This page describes how acupuncture combined with herbs can treat all kinds of diseases, including those caused by parasites.
Ho Chun, 1546-1615
許浚
Tong ui po kam (Treasures of Eastern Medical Knowledge: Classified Book of Medicine)
東醫寶鑑
Korea, 1613. 25 vols.
NLM Call Number: WZ 250 H678t 1634
In this work originally published in 1611, the renowned Korean medical doctor Ho Chun compiled and classified the extant medical knowledge of China, Japan, and Korea. Some of the categories he used were internal environment, external appearances of the human body, miscellaneous diseases, fluid medicine, and acupuncture.
Anonymous
I hsien t'u tsan (Pictures of Famous Men of the Medical Profession)
醫僊圖讃
China, 1599?
NLM Call Number: MS B 829
This volume is comprised of 32 illustrations of famous medical men, each accompanied by an admiring poem. Shown on the right side is Chang Chung-ching.