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Medical Exchanges: Mapping the Human Body in Japan and China

By December 14, 2016September 16th, 2023No Comments

Through July 14, 2017

Medical Exchanges Exhibit

Medical Exchanges Exhibit

On view for the first time, the texts in this fascinating exhibition from the collections of the Wangensteen Historical Library of Biology and Medicine provide a unique and richly illustrated history of early modern medical knowledge and healing in Japan and China.

Connections between Western and Eastern medicine and the interchange of medical technologies are explored through works on acupuncture, anatomical knowledge, disease treatment, medicinals, and surgery. Culturally specific perceptions of health and diseases are showcased in a series of rare 19th-century Japanese woodblock prints featuring popular culture references and anthropomorphic figures attacking contagious diseases.

What: Medical Exchanges: Mapping the Human body in Japan and China
When
: December 12, 2016 – July 14, 2017
Where: Wangensteen Historical Library, 568 Diehl Hall (directions and parking)
Hours: Open during regular library hours (Monday – Friday 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.) and by appointment.

Free and open to the public.

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