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

Needham/NRI2/SCC2 contains:
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284	Acupuncture: Western clinical experiments
285	Acupuncture: Analgesia, physiological rationale
286	Acupuncture sessions with Chhiu Yin-Chhing [??? / Qiu Yinqing / E. C. Chew] and Janet Plummer, Hong Kong, April/May 1974
287	Acupuncture: Transmissions, Asia and Europe; Vital Spots
288	Meeting of the British Medical Acupuncture Society , Trinity Hall, Cambridge, September 1985
289	Acupuncture: Documents found in Joseph Needham's room at the Needham Research Institute after his death in 1995
290	Acupuncture: Correspondence
291	Acupuncture: Correspondence found in Joseph Needham's room at the Needham Research Institute, Cambridge, after his death in 1995
292	Acupuncture: Material relating to Lu Gwei-Djen and Joseph Needham, 'Celestial Lancets: History and Rationale of Acupuncture and Moxibustion', (Cambridge University Press,1980)
293	'Celestial Lancets': Prelims, bibliographies and abbreviations
294	Acupuncture: Meeting of the Medical Acupuncture Association in Bristol, 7 May 1977
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title	Acupuncture: Documents found in Joseph Needham's room at the Needham Research Institute after his death in 1995
Reference	SCC2/289
Covering Dates	1970–1985
Extent and Medium	Paper

Index Terms

Medical Sciences

Needham/NRI2/SCC2/289 contains:

Joseph Needham's notes on acupuncture taken at the British Medical Association Congress, Hong Kong, November 1979. These include notes on a lecture by Janet Plummer entitled 'Evidence for the Existence of Acupuncture'; a lecture by Mabel Yang on the 'Poss Mechs. Acup. Analgesia'; a lecture by Tony Loy on 'Acup. In Orthopaedics'.
12 sheets; Paper.

5 Nov. 1979

Leaflet advertising R. E. Offord and C. Di Bello (Eds.), 'Semisynthetic Peptides and Proteins', (Academic Press, 1978). The leaflet also advertises, Choh Hao Li (Ed.), 'Hormonal Proteins and Peptides'.
1 document; Paper.

1978

Leaflet advertising Irvin M. Korr (Ed.), 'The Neurobiologic Mechanisms in Manipulative Therapy', (Plenum Publishing Corporation, New York, 1978).
1 document; Paper.

1978

List of contents of Volume 1, Number 6 of 'Neuropeptides', a monthly journal issued by the University of Sheffield Biomedical Information Service.
3 sheets; Paper.

June 1979

Letter from Peter Burbidge of Cambridge University Press, forwarding a letter received by the Press from J. K. Gwon of Murimseowon, Korean Martial Art Academy, Seoul, Korea, about their series of books on martial arts. The documents also include a leaflet advertising some of the publications.
Creator: Burbidge, Peter; Gwon, J. K.
3 pieces; Paper.

28 Nov. 1978–10 Jan. 1979

Letter from Dr. Alexander J. R. McDonald of Clifton, Bristol, about smallpox innoculation and the possible effects of acupuncture on infectious disease, and related documents. The related documents comprise a copy of an article by D. A. Buxton Hopkin and Robert Laplane entitled 'James Reilly and the autonomic vervous system: A prophet unheeded?'; copy of Joseph Needham's reply.
Creator: McDonald, Alexander J. R.; Needham, Joseph.
7 sheets; Paper.

1 Aug. 1979–29 Aug. 1979

Leaflet advertising Mary E. Clutter (Ed.), 'Dormancy and Developmental Arrest: Experimental Analysis in Plants and Animals', (Academic Press, 1978).
1 document; Paper.

1978

Leaflet advertising Robert L. Isaacson and Karl H. Pribram (eds.), 'The Hippocampus', (Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1975).
1 document; Paper.

1975

Advertisement for Patrick L. McGeer, Sir John C. Eccles and Edith G. McGeer, 'Molecular Neurobiology of the Mammalian Brain', (Plenum Publishing Corporation, 1978).
1 document; Paper.

1978

Postcard from E. Shimao of Hyogu, Japan, to Lu Gwei-Djen, requesting a copy of Lu and Joseph Needham's 'Celestial Lancets: A History and Rationale of Acupuncture and Moxa', (Cambridge University Press, 1980).
Creator: Shimao, E.
1 doument; Paper.

1979–1980

Postcard from Roger Bastide of 'L'Année Sociologique', Paris, France, requesting a review copy of Lu Gwei-Djen and Joseph Needham's 'Celestial Lancets: A History and Rationale of Acupuncture and Moxa', (Cambridge University Press, 1980).
Creator: Bastide, Roger.
1 document; Paper.

1980–1985

Photocopy of a review by Barbara Evans of N. H. Van Straten, 'Concepts of Health, Disease and Vitality in Traditional Chinese Society: A Psychological Interpretation', (Wiesbaden, 1983), and attached notes by Joseph Needham. The review appeared in the 'Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, 1985.
4 sheets; Paper.

1985

Notes. These are mostly brief bibliographical references.
40 sheets; Paper.

1970–1979