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History of Chinese Medicine

Traditional Chinese medical text and the translations

<四庫全書>數據庫 includes many traditional Chinese medical texts in 子部: 醫家類. A Client Program needs to be downloaded, see Installation Guide (http://www.eastview.com/online/sikudownload). Besides, 中國哲學書電子化計畫 (Chinese text project) also has a number of titles available. See some examples below:

David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library has a number of medical titles published in Japan and China. Some examples:

Famous physicians

Looking for books by and about these physicians in the catalog ? Search the name of the these physicians as authors or as subjects, you can refine search results to select ebooks:

  • 扁鵲; Bian Que [戰國 401 - c. 310 B.C.]
  • 張仲景; Zhang, Zhongjing [東漢 150 - c. 219]]
  • 華佗; Hua Tuo [東漢 140 - 208]
  • 葛洪; Ge Hong [東晉 283 -343]
  • 孫思邈; Sun, Simiao [唐 581 - 682]
  • 談允賢; Tan, Yunxian [明 1461 - 1556]  女名醫
  • 李時珍; Li, Shizhen [明 1518 - 1593]