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Tibet

Tibetan Embryology
Reproduction of a tangka, or painting, illustrating fetal development, by dint of the father's contribution. One of a series of tangkas commissioned by the fifth Dalai Lama's regent, Desi Sangye Gyatso, for a comprehensive, four-volume medical text called 'The Blue Beryl' (created between 1687 and 1703). Catalog #70.3/5470 Courtesy, Division of Anthropology, AMNH. Image: Glenn Loney Arts Archive.
Tibetan Medical Instruments
Reproduction of a tangka, or painting, depicting the great variety of medical instruments used in 17th century Tibet. The instruments include probes for exploring fractures, forceps, tweezers, scalpels, surgical saws, catheters, and syringes. One of a series of tangkas commissioned by the fifth Dalai Lama's regent, Desi Sangye Gyatso, for a comprehensive, four-volume medical text called 'The Blue Beryl' (created between 1687 and 1703, reproduction 1990). Image from http://mobile.the-scientist.com/article/29620/ancient-anatomy-circa-1687
Methods of Treatment
Reproduction of a tangka, or painting, illustrating various medical treatments employed in 17th century Tibet. One of a series of tangkas commissioned by the fifth Dalai Lama's regent, Desi Sangye Gyatso, for a comprehensive, four-volume medical text called 'The Blue Beryl' (created between 1687 and 1703, reproduction 1990). Image from http://mobile.the-scientist.com/article/29620/ancient-anatomy-circa-1687
Anatomy of Vulnerable Points
Reproduction of a tangka, or painting, depicting the points of the body thought to be most vulnerable to injury and disease. The figure who is standing illustrates the vulnerable blood vessels, muscles and bones; the figures who are seated display the vulnerable internal organs. One of a series of tangkas commissioned by the fifth Dalai Lama's regent, Desi Sangye Gyatso, for a comprehensive, four-volume medical text called 'The Blue Beryl' (created between 1687 and 1703, reproduction 1990). Image from http://mobile.the-scientist.com/article/29620/ancient-anatomy-circa-1687

Ancient China

Daoist Internal Topography
Woodcut and text from: Library of Zhongguo zhongyi yanjiu yuan (China Academy for Traditional Chinese Medicine), Huang Di ba shi yi nan jing zuan tu jujie (Canon of Eighty-One Problems [in the Inner Canon] of the Yellow Lord with Illustrations and Exegesis) By: Li Jiong Published: Hanfen Lou, Shanghai 1436-1449. Vol. 1
Collection: Wellcome Images Library reference no.: External Reference 52/1269 Ma 24, External Reference Wang Shumin 24 and External Reference Vivienne Lo
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Credit: Wellcome Library, London
Fifteenth century Chinese woodblock illustration from the Daoist Canon (Daozang), showing the internal topography or inscape (neijing) of the human body according to Daoist teachings. Extracts from Daoist texts are incorporated into the design (see 'Lettering'). Around the human figure are depictions of the Blue/Green Dragon (qing long), White Tiger (bai hu) and Red Sparrow (zhu que) and of Xuan Wu, God of the Northern Sky.
Dismounting from the ox to catch the moon
Woodcut From: Library of Zhongguo zhongyi yanjiu yuan (China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Shouyang congshu: Xiuzhen miyao (Longevity and Cultivation Series: Arcane Essentials of Cultivating Perfection)
By: Unknown and Transmitted by Wang Zai (Ming period, 1368-1644)
Published: Hu Wenhuan (Ming period, 1368-1644)Hulin wen hui tang 1593
Collection: Wellcome Images
Library reference no.: External Reference You 11/1592, Ma 532, External Reference Wang Shumin 532 and External Reference Vivienne Lo.
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Xiuzhen miyao, a gymnastic (daoyin/qigong) text of unknown origin, was rediscovered and published with a preface by Wang Zai in 1513 (8th year of the Zhengde reign period of the Ming dynasty). It records 49 exercises. This illustration depicts Jiang niu zhuo yue (Dismounting from the ox to catch the moon), a technique used to treat involuntary seminal emission. It is practised as follows: One lies on one's side. When ejaculation is about to occur, one closes off the right nostril with the fingers of the left hand, and with the right hand, one presses the weilü (Coccyx) point at the end of the coccyx and obstructs the seminal duct. One circulates Qi for 6 breaths. The semen will be spontaneously reabsorbed.

Modern China

Blue Plague Man
Poster showing blue background with a man-like creature covered with rats and flies, which represent biological warfare. Captions condemn the United States for using biological warfare in Northeast China and Korea's disregard of international sanction. Zhongguo : bu xiang, 1952?]
Also in book: Hidden treasure / edited by Michael Sappol. 1st ed. New York, N.Y. : Blast Books, 2012.
Accession number: 06-08.
Spitoons and Public Health
Poster illustrating 3 people; one spits on the ground while the man in the blue uniform intervenes. Underneath are 4 images to instruct people to spit into spittoons, or into paper and then burn it.[Wuhan] : Guo ying Wuhan yin shua chang, 1953. From NLM Image Database.

Japan

Woman with Goiter
Illustration of woman with goiter from: Kishitsu geryoÌ„ zukan : kan, or Illustrations of strange diseases and their surgical treatments, by SeishuÌ Hanaoka, 1760-1835. Tangetsu, illustrator, 1760-1835.
Image from "Turning the pages online" at NLM.
Tumor Incision
Illustration of removal of breast tumor. Seishui Hanaoka: Illustrations of strange diseases and their surgical treatments, Tangetsu, Illustrator, 1760-1835. Image from "Turning the pages online" at NLM.

CLAS 3239 | Ancient Medicine: The Classical Roots of the Medical Humanities: Eastern Medical Illustrations

Tibet

Ancient China

Modern China

Japan