Classics of Traditional Chinese Medicine: Books on Display

	Liu, Wan-su, fl. 1186 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*) Kyoto, 1740. 5 vols. NLM Call Number: OR 874
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*) Edo, 1780. NLM Call Number: MED 1108
	Li, Shih-chen, 1518-1593 *Pen ts'ao kang mu: Chiao cheng Pen ts'ao kang mu* (*The Great Herbal*) Japan, 1672. 36 vols. NLM Call Number: OR 681

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: OR 224
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 *Shang han lun: Chiao cheng Sung pan Shang han lun* (Treatise on Colds and Fevers) Nagoya, 1797. NLM Call Number: OR 778 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: OR 380 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) Japan, 1697. NLM Call Number: MED 148 A Japanese translation of *Shen-nung pen ts'ao* (*Divine Husbandman's Materia Medica*)
Omura, Ansei Geka hitsuyo (Surgery Handbook) Japan, 1684. NLM Call Number: MED 412
Hua Shou, fl. 1360-1370 Jushikyo (The Routes of Fourteen Channels and Their Functions) Kyoto, 1716. NLM Call Number: 0R 851 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) Japan, 1818. NLM Call Number: MED 347 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 Gorui Shimpo (Studies in Acupuncture) Tokyo, 1679. 5 vols. NLM Call Number: MED 507 This page describes how acupuncture combined with herbs can treat all kinds of diseases, including those caused by parasites.
Ho Chun, 1546-1615 Tong ui po kam (Treasures of Eastern Medical Knowledge: Classified Book of Medicine) Korea, 1613. 25 vols. NLM Call Number: OR 141 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) China, 1599? NLM Call Number: OR 414 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.