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Needham/NRI2/SCC2/315 contains:
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16 Correspondence with Dr. S. A. Ali of the Institute of Universal Medicine, Dehli, India, about the work of the Institute in comparing various systems of medicine and the exchange of articles
17 Letter from Dr. Michael Loewe in London, about medical documents excavated from Tunhuang, Kansu, China, and copy of Joseph Needham's reply
18 Correspondence with Colin Franklin of Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd., London, about a book by Wallnöfer and Rottauscher entitled 'Der Goldene Schatz der Chinesischen Medizin'
19 Letter from A. Hameed of the Institute of Universal Medicine, about a proposed Institute for the History of Medicine in China, and related documents
20 Letter from Dr. Elliott B. Hague of Buffalo, New York, U.S.A., about his plans to write a monograph on opthamology in China, and copy of Joseph Needham's reply
21 Correspondence with Dr. Manfred Porkert of Munich, Germany, about his translation of the «?????» [Chung I Hsueh Kai Lun / Zhong Yi Xue Gai Lun], and related document
22 Letter from Dr. R. F. Bridgman of Paris, France, originally accompany a copy of his monograph of the history of Chinese medicine, and copy of Joseph Needham's reply
23 Correspondence with Dr. Felix Mann of London, about acupuncture and a meeting with Joseph Needham
24 Two letters from Kenneth Oakley of the British Museum, London, about the possibility of acupuncture curing a defect of the nervous system
25 Letter from Dr. Edward M. Stim of the Department of Chinese and Japanese, Columbia University, New York City, U.S.A., about his work on an English translation of the 'Ishinho', and copy of Joseph Needham's reply
26 Letter from A. Hameed of the Institute of the History of Medicine, Dehli, India, about the work 'Theories and Philosophies of Medicine', and copy of Joseph Needham's reply, and related notes
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Title Correspondence with Dr. Manfred Porkert of Munich, Germany, about his translation of the «?????» [Chung I Hsueh Kai Lun / Zhong Yi Xue Gai Lun], and related document
Reference SCC2/315/21
Creator Porkert, Manfred; Needham, Joseph.
Covering Dates 22 Mar. 1961–19 Oct. 1962
Extent and Medium 8 sheets; Paper
Content and context

The correspondence comprises 3 letters from Porkert; copies of 2 letters from Joseph Needham. The related document is a copy of a letter from Needham to Prof. Dr. Werner Leibbrand of the Institute for the History of Medicine, University of Munich, Germany, backing Porkert's work.

Index Terms
Porkert, Manfred (b 1933) sinologist and scholar of traditional Chinese medicine
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