Zhao shi yi guan 趙氏醫貫 Mr. Zhao’s Principles of Medicine

by Xianke 趙獻可 Zhao

$4,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller · No longer available

Four full-page woodcuts & two smaller woodcuts in the text depicting the kidneys. Six vols. 8vo, later wrappers, new stitching. China : Wenying tang, 1867.A good edition of an important medical work that challenged many ideas of traditional Chinese medicine. “Zhao Xianke’s emphasis on the importance of the Gate of Life challenged and subverted the Neo-Confucian tradition wherein the heart was supreme.”–Chang Chia-feng, “Yijing and

• Binding: Wrappers

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