Galaxy Old Japanese Medical Books (2 results)

Leatherbound. Condition: NEW. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1954 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 72 Language: English Volume index Pages: 72 Volume index.

[Chicago] 1954-1957, 1964, MLA. Pebbled blue cloth, NEW copy unused, bright,solid, 50+287-327; 468-500; 125-159; 327-347; 164-219pp., 50p. index,15 b.w. photos, 17 x 25 cm., 3 titles bound in 1 volume. THE COMPLETE WORK FIRST & ONLY EDITIONS . *** **** *** . . . GODRON E. MESTLER'S COMPLETE WRITINGS . . . ON ANTIQUARIAN JAPANESE WOODBLOCK-PRINTED MEDICAL BOOKS . . . FIRST & ONLY EDITIONS . * This item contains all three titles of Gordon E. Mestler's writings on Japanese medical books, bound in one volume. . CONTAINS: . a. A GALAXY OF OLD JAPANESE MEDICAL BOOKS WITH MISCELLANEOUS NOTES ON EARLY MEDICINE IN JAPAN. Published by Bulletin of the Medical Library Association, Washington. D.C., issued serially, from 1954-1957. With the original blue journal covers bound in. . b. AN INDEX TO SELECTED JAPANESE MEDICAL LITERATURE OF PRE-MEIJI TIMES. . c. INTRODUCTION TO WESTERN INFLUENCES IN PRE-MEIJI JAPANESE MEDICINE. . All items are the First Editions, NEW, unused. See specific copy notes below. . . *** A MOST SUPERB & VALUABLE REFERENCE RESOURCES & BIBLIOGRAPHY: . The GALAXY was begun in 1954 and finished in 1957. It represented over five years of research, collecting, cataloguing and plenty of hard work by the author who was a professor of anatomy at State University of New York, College of Medicine at N.Y.C., Brooklyn, N.Y. . It was Mestler's "magnum opus," the most comprehensive, illustrated bibliography of early Japanese woodblock printed books, 17th-19th centuries. . The GALAXY, together with AN INDEX TO SELECTED JAPANESE MEDICAL LITERATURE OF PRE-MEIJI TIMES [1964], comprises the best and most comprehensive single resource in English to date on ancient Japanese medical texts, in bibliographical form. . *** GALAXY CONTENTS: . Pt.I: Medical History and biography, general works, anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, 41 pages, pp.287-327, 1954. * Pt.II: Acupuncture, moxibustion, bathing, balneotherapy and massage, nursing, obstetrics & gynecology, pediatrics, and hygiene, 32 pages, pp.468-500, 1954. * Pt. III: Urology, syphilology, dermatology, surgery, pathology, 35 pages, pp.125-159, 1956. * Pt.IV: Ophthalmology, psychiatry, dentistry, 21 pages, pp. 327-347, 1956. * Pt.V: Biblio-historical addenda, corrections, postscripts and acknowledgements, 56 pages, pp.164-219, 1957. . *** SUBJECTS COVERED: . The work is profusely illustrated, showing major themes in the early native genre of medicine and pharmacopoeia. Written in English, it methodically covers each of the disciplines in a scholarly and comprehensive manor. . A superbly illustrated guide to Japanese and Chinese woodblock printed & illustrated literature from the 17th to 19th centuries. . With a focus on early woodblock printed medical monographs printed from 17th centuries, Dutch learning, Rangaku & Rangaku-sha [students of Dutch learning & and medicine], physicians and a host of other related materials including Materia Medica & pharmacopoeia. . *** BIBLIOGRAPHIC MEDICAL HISTORY: It is also a bibliographic history and documents the ancient origins and early beginning of systematic Japanese medical study based on Chinese & Korean books resources as well as European, the influence from 17th century Dutch in Nagasaki and earlier Portuguese Jesuits who came to Tanegashima in Southern Japan in 1549. The "GALAXY" documents medical books from 8th century when importation from China began. . *** ESSENTIAL REFERENCE FOR ANY MEDICAL LIBRARY OR INSTITUTION: . An essential reference for any medical library, student or researcher on early Japanese and Chinese influenced medicine. With additional bibliographical footnotes and text to the plates. With a comprehensive author, title & subject index easy to use. A substantial number of original Chinese medical works cited and their associated Japanese versions, renamed and rewritten by period Japanese physicians. . *** Color photos are posted to our website. . *** ADDITIONAL SPECIFIC COPY NOTES: . Copy 1: This is an excellent example, all 3 titles bound in one volume, blue pebbled cloth. The original Journal blue covers are also bound in. . There is a feint touch of minor clear damp stain in part 5 onwards including the Mestler essay: "Introduction To Western Influences In Pre-Meiji Japanese Medicine." Else pristine texts, no marks, sold "as is." . *** REFERENCES: * Mary W. Standlee: THE GREAT PULSE: Japanese Midwifery and Obstetrics Through the Middle ages. * Y. FUJIKAWA: JAPANESE MEDICINE, translated by John Ruhrah. * [KURE, S. [Shyuzo]: REPORT OF THE MEDICAL EXHIBITION VI CONGRESS OF THE FAR EASTERN ASSOCIATION OF TROPICAL MEDICINE 1925. THE EXHIBITION COMMITTEE OF THE CONGRESS, TOKYO. * Willis N. Whitney: NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF MEDICAL PROGRESS IN JAPAN: * William t. HELMUTH: A GLANCE AT JAPANESE MEDICINE ANCIENT AMD MODERN, Reprinted from the NORTH AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HOMEOPATHY. * KERLEN, H.: CATALOGUE OF PRE-MEIJI JAPANESE BOOKS & MAPS IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS * TODA, Kenji.: DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF JAPANESE AND CHINESE ILLUSTRATED BOOKS IN THE RYERSON LIBRARY OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO * VEITH, Ilza. [trans.] :HUANG TI NEI CHING SU WEN: THE YELLOW EMPEROR'S CLASSIC OF INTERNAL MEDICINE. . *.