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Dongui bogam = Treasured mirror of Eastern medicine /
- Title
- Dongui bogam = Treasured mirror of Eastern medicine / written by Jun Heo ; edited by Ahn Sang Woo, Kwon Ohmin, Lee Jeong Hwa ; translated by Kim Namil, Cha Wung Seok et al.
- Author
- Hŏ, Chun, 1546-1615,
- Publication
- Seoul, Korea : Ministry of Health and Welfare, 2013.
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- Description
- 1 CD-ROM : illustrations (color); 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- "An encyclopaedia of medical knowledge and treatment techniques compiled in Korea in 1613 and edited by Heo Jun with the collective support of medical experts and literati according to royal instruction. The work informs the evolution of medicine in East Asia and beyond. In terms of health care system, it developed the ideals of preventive medicine and public health care by the state, which was virtually an unprecedented idea up to the 19th century."--UNESCO Memory of the World registry.
- Uniform Title
- Tongŭi pogam. English 2013
- Alternative Title
- Donguibogam
- Tongŭi pogam. 2013
- Treasured mirror of Eastern medicine
- Subject
- Acupuncture Therapy
- Hŏ, Chun, 1546-1615
- Medicine > Early works to 1800
- Medicine, Korean > Early works to 1800
- Medicine, Korean > Formulae, receipts, prescriptions
- Medicine, Korean Traditional
- Medicine, Korean
- Medicine, Traditional > classical literature
- Medicine
- Phytotherapy
- Plants, Medicinal
- Tongŭi pogam (Hŏ, Chun)
- Genre/Form
- Early works.
- Prescriptions, formulae, receipts, etc.
- Note
- Adobe Flash presentation of all nine print volumes.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language (note)
- Text in English, with some Korean
- ISBN
- 9788959701438
- 8959701432
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library