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.

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Uniform title
Format
Data file
Language
  • English
  • Korean
Published/​Created
Seoul, Korea : Ministry of Health and Welfare, 2013.
Description
1 CD-ROM : illustrations (color) ; 4 3/4 in.

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Editor
Translator
Issuing body
Supplement to
Dongui bogam
Summary note
"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.
Notes
Adobe Flash presentation of all nine print volumes.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language note
Text in English, with some Korean
Script
(Hangul, Hanmun and Hanja).
Other title(s)
  • Donguibogam
  • 동의 보감
  • Treasured mirror of Eastern medicine
  • 東醫 寶鑑
ISBN
  • 9788959701438 ((CD book))
  • 8959701432 ((CD book))
OCLC
1023811757
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