{"id":2955,"date":"2013-10-29T10:32:40","date_gmt":"2013-10-29T14:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/?p=2955"},"modified":"2013-10-29T10:32:40","modified_gmt":"2013-10-29T14:32:40","slug":"curiosities-of-chinese-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/houghtonmodern\/2013\/10\/29\/curiosities-of-chinese-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Curiosities of Chinese Medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post is part of an ongoing series featuring items from the newly acquired Santo Domingo collection.<\/em><\/p>\n

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M\u00e9decine et pharmacop\u00e9e en Chine<\/em><\/a> is comprised of three volumes that are each bound with colored cord inside an illustrated paper cover.\u00a0 Published in early 20th-century France the volumes appear to explore medicine and pharmacology in China.\u00a0 Each individual volume begins with a beautiful color illustration depicting a topic related to Medicine, Pharmacy and Therapeutics, or Medical Superstitions.<\/p>\n

One of the illustrations depicts the practice of acupuncture. \u00a0It is interesting that the scientific benefits of acupuncture are still debated in present day.\u00a0 Though the exact origins of acupuncture are disputed most typically agree that it was being practiced during the Han Dynasty in China during the 2nd century.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>One of the difficulties in proving the effectiveness of acupuncture is that it is difficult to run a placebo control group since the very action involves piercing the skin with a needle.\u00a0 More traditional Western medicine has cautiously agreed that acupuncture can be effective for certain conditions though they admit they cannot exactly explain why it works.\u00a0 Regardless of proven scientific fact many people believe in acupuncture’s ability to relieve nausea and chronic pain and popularity of the practice has greatly increased in the past 20 years.<\/p>\n

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The third volume explores various medical superstitions that were commonly used in China.\u00a0 This illustration depicts a man using a rooster to help set a woman’s fracture.\u00a0 I think the idea is that using the rooster blood will assist in the healing process.<\/p>\n

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To learn more the M\u00e9decine et pharmacop\u00e9e en Chine<\/em>.\u00a0[France] : Editions des Laboratoires du Mictasol, [192-?]. \u00a0R601 .M48<\/a> can be found at the Countway Library<\/a> at the Harvard Medical School in Longwood.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Alison Harris, Santo Domingo Project Manager and Joan Thomas, Rare Book Cataloger at Countway for contributing this post.<\/em><\/p>\n

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