Janus: Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Needham/NRI2/SCC2/244/2 contains:
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3	Joseph Needham's list of references relating to botany in George Sarton's 'Introduction to the History of Science', (Baltimore, 1927-1947)
4	Copy of a report of a new edition of the 'New Pharmacopoeia (xin xiu ben cao)', ('Europe and China')
5	Documents relating to the ?? [Pen Tshao / Ben Cao] literature of the Han [?] and Liu Chhao [?? / Liu Chao] periods
6	Documents relating to the ?? [Pen Tshao / Ben Cao] literature of the Sui [?] Thang [? / Tang] and Wu Tai [?? / Wu Dai] periods
7	Documents relating to the ?? [Pen Tshao / Ben Cao] literature of the Sung [? / Song] period
8	Documents relating to the ?? [Pen Tshao / Ben Cao] literature of the Yuan [?] period
9	Documents relating to the ?? [Pen Tshao / Ben Cao] literature of the Ming [?] period
10	Documents relating to the ?? [Pen Tshao / Ben Cao] literature of the Chhing [?/ Qing] period
11	File of general notes on ?? [Pên Tshao / Ben Cao] literature
12	Typescript table headed 'The Pên Tshao Tradition', giving 'titles, authors, and dates, of the principal pharmaceutical compendia of mineraological, botanical and zoological knowledge'
13	Joseph Needham's original file title

Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title	File of general notes on ?? [Pên Tshao / Ben Cao] literature
Reference	SCC2/244/2/11
Creator	Lu Gwei-Djen; Needham, Joseph; Lust, John.
Covering Dates	1960–1979 (Only the letters are dated. The other documents are undated, [1960s and 1970s?].)
Extent and Medium	61 sheets; Paper

Content and context

The documents comprise notes by Joseph Needham and Lu Gwei-Djen; copy of a chart prepared by Kimura Koichi providing an historical bibliography of the ?? [Pen Tshao / Ben Cao] literature, (Tokyo, 1942); notes of literature held in the library of Dr. Ching Li-Pin; copy of a letter from Joseph Needham to John Lust , Librarian of the School of Oriental and African Studies, London, enquiring about relevant works, (19 October 1966); 2 letters from Lust, (23 and 26 October 1966)

Specific headings for notes include 'Why uneasy about calling ?? herbals', 'The Pên Tshao Tai Chao question'.

Index Terms

Lu, Gwei-Djen (1904-1991) historian of science

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