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Needham/NRI2/SCC2/290 contains:
1 Letter from J. A. Alexander, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Rome, Italy, offering to collaborate with sections of 'Science and Civilisation in China', and copy of Joseph Needham's letter of reply
2 Letter from Dr. A. S. Playfair of Cambridge, about a prescription for Joseph Needham's ear complaint and an article on acupuncture [?] which will cause 'anger and approval, irritation and aplause'
3 Letter from Julian Fane of Colchester, Essex, to Lu Gwei-Djen, about the balance between civilisation and nature, and related documents
4 Letter from David Maxwell of Edinburgh, to Lu Gwei-Djen, asking for information on acupuncture
5 Letter from John Davy of 'The Observer' about the Korean 'Kyonghan system', and related document
6 Letter from Eleanor Zaimis of the Royal Free Hospital School of Medicine, London, advising Joseph Needham of a symposium on 'Tissue and Nerve-Promoting Factors', and related document
7 Postcard from Martin Rosedale of London, to Lu Gwei-Djen, requesting information on the 'Kynungrak System', and copy of Lu's reply
8 Letter from Holland Roberts of the American Russian Institute, San Francisco, California, U.S.A., referring Joseph Needham to a book by Kim Bong Han, 'On the Kyungrak System', and related document
9 Letter from Donald M. Bluestone of Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.A., asking for information on historical studies on acupuncture in Western langauges, and copy of Joseph Needham's reply
10 Letter from Dr. Frederick G. Scovel of the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, about his interest in traditional Chinese medicine, and copy of Joseph Needham's reply
11 Letter from Frank M. Thirkell, of Amhurst Hill Farm, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, about the possibility of using acupuncture to treat 'cramp' in sheep
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title Letter from Dr. A. S. Playfair of Cambridge, about a prescription for Joseph Needham's ear complaint and an article on acupuncture [?] which will cause 'anger and approval, irritation and aplause'
Reference SCC2/290/2
Creator Playfair, A. S.
Covering Dates 14 Oct. 1958
Extent and Medium 1 document; Paper
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