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

Needham/NRI2/SCC2 contains:
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314	Documents relating to Joseph Needham's contribution to 'A Social History of the Bio-Medical Sciences' edited by Dr. Massimo Piattelli-Palmarini of Franco Maria Ricci, Milan, Italy
315	Medicine: Correspondence
316	International Academy of the History of Medicine
317	The International Association for the Study of Traditional Asian Medicine (IASTAM)
318	Documents relating the establishment of a programme for the study of the history of medicine at the University of Cambridge in association with The Wellcome Trust
319	History of Medicine: Miscellaneous notes found in Joseph Needham's room at the Needham Research Institute after his death in 1995
320	History of Medicine: Material borrowed by Nathan Sivin and returned to the Needham Research Institute, c.2000
321	Miscellaneous documents relating to the preparation of the 'Science and Civilisation in China' volume on medicine
322	Veterinary medicine
323	Pharmacology 1
324	Pharmacology 2
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Papers of Joseph Needham as a historian of Chinese science, technology and medicine

Title	History of Medicine: Miscellaneous notes found in Joseph Needham's room at the Needham Research Institute after his death in 1995
Reference	SCC2/319
Covering Dates	7 June 1948–1989
Extent and Medium	Paper

Index Terms

Medical Sciences

Needham/NRI2/SCC2/319 contains:

Collection of notes by Lu Gwei-Djen on medical works seen in Japan, 1971.
Creator: Lu Gwei-Djen.
7 sheets; Paper.

1971

Sub-file of miscellaneous notes by Lu Gwei-Djen on the history of medicine marked 'for later use'. Topics include pain; the Ching Lo [?? / Jing Luo] system.
Creator: Lu Gwei-Djen.
39 sheets; Paper.

1970–1979

Sub-file of miscellaneous notes by Lu Gwei-Djen and Joseph Needham on the history of medicine marked 'pending for filing'.
Creator: Lu Gwei-Djen; Needham, Joseph.
1 bundle; Paper.

1970–1979

Lu Gwei-Djen's lists of articles in «????» [I Shih Tsa Chih / Yi Shi Za Zhi / Chinese Journal of the History of Medicine], 1951-1958, and notes from some of the articles. This include lists of articles by ?? [Li Thao / Li Tao] and ??? [Chhen Pang-Hsien / Chen Bangxian].
Creator: Lu Gwei-Djen.
22 sheets; Paper.

1970–1979

Sub-file marked 'Notes on Mecical Books only'. The file contains brief notes by Lu Gwei-Djen on miscellaneous medical topics.
Creator: Lu Gwei-Djen.
44 sheets; Paper.

1970–1979

Sub-file of notes marked 'growth and development of [medical] literature'. The file contains brief notes by Lu Gwei-Djen on miscellaneous medical topics. They do not appear to be particularly related to the development of medical literature.
Creator: Lu Gwei-Djen.
12 sheets; Paper.

1970–1979

Sub-file of notes on the 'Definition of Ching-Mo [?? Jing Mo], ? [Hui] etc'. The file comprises Lu Gwei-Djen notes on acupuncture.
Creator: Lu Gwei-Djen.
31 sheets; Paper.

1970–1979

Sub-file of notes on the history of Taoism in relation to medicine, early documentation on the history of medicine in China and the concepts of Yin Yang [??] and Wu Hsing [?? / Wu Xing]). The file is marked ??????,????????,????? . The documents include a further sub-file of notes marked ' ?? [Chin Chien / Jin Qian],?? [Hung Chien / Hong Qian],?? [Yang Sheng] etc.', including annotated photocopies of relevant passages from «????»[I Huseh Ju Men / Yi Xue Ru Men], (1575).
1 bundle; Paper.

1970–1979

Ring binder containing notes and other documents relating to the history of smallpox, variolation and vaccination. The binder is fitted with alpahbetised sub-dividers and Joseph Needham has compiled a key to the contents. Topics include literature; letters; illustrations; symptoms; transmission; variolation outside China; vaccination. The notes are loosely inserted between the dividers and not fixed. Many of the headings contain no notes and others appear to have been misfiled. A substantial number of number of documents have been placed at the beginning of the folder in no particular category. These include notes (mainly on the history of smallpox); photocopied pages from C. Dixon, 'Smallpox', (London, 1962), concerning Lady Mary Wortley Montagu who was responsible for the introduction of variolation into England and experiments conducted in Newgate Prison in the early 18th century; file labelled «????»[Tou Kho Ta Chhuan/ Dou Ke Da Quan], containing a letter from Beijing Library to Lu Gwei-Djen about the book, (20 March 1979) and Lu's notes; cutting of an 'Observer' article entitled 'The Killer that Slipped through the Net', (21 January 1962); cutting of a 'Times' article entitled 'Diagnosing disease in ancient man', (29 February 1968); copy of «??»[Kho Hsueh / Ke Xue], including an article entitled «??????????» [Hsi Yang Chung Tou Fa Chu Chhuan Chung Kuo Khao / Xi Yang Zhong Dou Fa Chu Chuan Zhong Guo Kao], (July 1950); cutting of a 'Ta Kung Pao' article entitled 'Laser acupuncture cures barenness of dairy cows', (10 January 1984); copy of an article entiteld 'Acupuncture Criticised by Chinese Doctors', ('Europe and China', February 1981); copy of an article entitled 'New Morphine-Like Substance Identified in Human Brain', ('Europe and China', February 1981); copy of a letter from Gregory Blue of the East Asian History of Science Library, Cambridge, to the Editor of 'The Sciences', (U.S.A.), about requests received for copies of the article entitled 'A scientific basis for acupuncture?', (6 August 1980); cutting of a 'Times' article entitled 'Benjamin Jesty's Claim: Dorest Farmer who was early Pioneer of Vaccination for Smallpox', (6 Febraury 1962). Illustrations comprise a photograph of instruments for performing protective inoculation against smallpox, [Undated]; illustrations of smallpox sufferers and inoculation from Chinese works. 'Letters' comprise copies of 2 letters from Joseph Needham to Hou Bao-Chang [??? / Hou Baozhang], asking for advice on the most important references to vaccination in Tang and Sung books, (7 June 1948 and 21 March 1949); copy of a letter from Lu Gwei-Djen to Dr. Miyashita Saburo of Takeda Chemical Industries Ltd., Osaka, Japan, enquiring about the «????»[Tou Kho Ta Chhuan/ Dou Ke Da Quan], (16 October 1978); copy of Miyashita's reply to Lu, (2 November 1978); 2 letters from Frank Fenner of the Australian National University, Melbourne, to Lu Gwei Djen, about his work on smallpox, (4 September 1978 and 8 February 1979); copy of 1 letter from Joseph Needham to Fenner, (18 September 1978); copy of 1 letter from Lu to Fenner, (20 February 1979); letter from P E Razzell of Bedford College, University of London, about his study of variolation and smallpox vaccination in the 18th and 19th centuries, (15 June 1976); letter from Donald R Hopkins of Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., enquiring about a reference to a smallpox epidemic in China in 497 A.D., (2 August 1976). In addition to notes, the section on 'Transmission' includes a letter from Susan [?] of the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Cambridge, providing a reference to smallpox in Turkey, (24 October 1974).
Creator: Needham, Joseph; Lu Gwei-Djen; Blue, Gregory.
1 ring binder; 3 bundles; Paper.

7 June 1948–10 Jan. 1984

Sub-file of 'Material for 1961 Oct Wellcome Report on Pediatrics and Vesicular Diseases'.
30 sheets; Paper.

1961

File of notes from non-Chinese language works on Chinese medicine. The notes are by Lu Gwei-Djen. The file also includes notes on 'individual illnesses'.
Creator: Lu Gwei-Djen.
12 sheets; Paper.

1975–1979

Small sub-file of notes 'concerning 'Pen Tshao [?? / Ben Cao]'.
8 sheets; Paper.

1970–1979

Notes and other documents relating to acupuncture and moxibustion. Lu Gwei-Djen notes 'These were not in use when writing our book'. The other documents are advertisments for acupuncture equipment; 'Organisation plan' for the Chinese Medicine and Acupuncture Research Centre, Hong Kong; lecture programme for a meeting of the Medical Acupuncture Association, 7 May 1977; letter from Melissa Ennen of Friendship International Corporation, promoting acupuncture equipment, (26 April 1978). The file also has a sub-file enttiled ??? [Ching Lo Hsueh / Jing Luo Xue].
Creator: Lu Gwei-Djen; Needham, Joseph; Ennen, Melissa.
1 bundle; Paper.

1970–1979

File containing 'Pre 'Nei Ching [?? / Nei Jing] references from General File'. The file contains a letter from Reuben Levy of Cambridge, providing translations of Persian inscriptions about the pulse, (23 December 1954) and copy of Joseph Needham's reply, (26 December 1954); typescript translation of a biography of Pien Chhio [?? / Pian Que] from the 'Shih Chi [?? / Shi Ji]'; copy of notes by M. J. Hagerty on ? [Chhi / Qi] and copy of his translation of the relevant entry in 'Cyclopedia of Chinese Medicine'; copy of a Lu Gwei-Djen review of Chou Feng-Wu [??? / Zhou Fengwu] et al., 'Huang Ti Nei Ching SU Wen Pai Hua Chieh [????????? / Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen Bai Hua Jie], (Peking, 1958).
Creator: Levy, Reuben; Hagerty, M. J.; Lu Gwei-Djen.
42 sheets; Paper.

23 Dec. 1954–1979

File of notes marked 'Pending; illnesses & treatments'.
57 sheets; Paper.

1970–1979

Small file of notes and other documents relating to prescriptions and traditional medicine outside of China. The related documents comprise a letter from S. Strelcyn of the University of Manchester, accompanying a bibliography containing articles and books dealing with traditional Ethiopian medicine, (20 April 1979); note from Bill Jenner accompanying pages from a popular account of a Shang medical tomb in Hao Chheng, Hupei, China, (23 October 1978).
Creator: Strelcyn, S.; Jenner, Bill.
30 sheets; Paper.

1970–1979

File of notes marked ? [Hsu / Xu / Preface]. The notes are mostly by Lu Gwei-Djen.
Creator: Lu Gwei-Djen.
65 sheets; Paper.

1970–1979

File of notes on a draft text on the history of Chinese medicine. It is unclear to which draft the notes refer.
11 sheets; Paper.

1970–1979

Reprint of Joseph Needham and Lu Gwei-Djen's 'Medicine in Modern China', ('Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Internal Medicine', Kyoto, October 1984).
1 document; Paper.

Oct. 1984

Letter from ??? [Chhien Chih-Ming / Qian Zhiming] of the First Optical Instrument Factory, Suzhou, China, about the history of optics.
Creator: Chhien Chih-Ming.
6 sheets; Paper.

9 Nov. 1985

Copy of a summary prepared by Lu Gwei-Djen of «??????» [Chung I Ming Tzhu Tshu Tien / Zhong Yi Ming Ci Ci Dian], (Hong Kong, 1964), and preparatory notes. The review was published in 'Revue Bibliographique de Sinologie'.
Creator: Lu Gwei-Djen.
2 sheets; Paper.

Nov. 1971

Photocopied pages from Robert Boyle, 'Some Considerations touching the Usefulnesse of Experimental Natural Philosophy,..', (Oxford, 1663), about medicine in China.
2 sheets; Paper.

1970–1979

Photocopy of the contents pages of the 'Chinese Medical Journal', Volume 4, Numbers 4 and 5.
1 document; Paper.

1978

Set of photographs of scroll paintings of famous Chinese physicians. Joseph Needham notes that these were 'went with letter by Sung Ta-Jen [??? / Song Daren] 30 Mar 1979'. Each photograph has Sung's notes on the reverse.
Creator: Sung Ta-Jen.
9 pieces; Photograph and paper.

30 Mar. 1979

Letter from G. Pontecorvo of Imperial Cancer Research Laboratories, London, about the incidence of cancer of the oesophagus in Honan Province, China, and copy of Joseph Needham's reply.
Creator: Pontecorvo, G.; Needham, Joseph.
2 sheets; Paper.

24 Feb. 1976–16 Mar. 1976

Correspondence with Dr. J. D. Swales of the Department of Medicine, University of Manchester, about ancient Chinese references to arterial hypertension. The correspondence comprises 2 letters from Swales; copy of 1 letter from Joseph Needham. The documents also include related notes by Lu Gwei-Djen.
Creator: Swales, J. D.; Needham, Joseph; Lu Gwei-Djen.
10 sheets; Paper.

21 May 1973–31 Aug. 1973

Correspondence with Dr. D. G. Beevers of the Medical Research Council Blood Pressure Unit, Glasgow, abut ancient Chinese references to arterial hypertension, and related documents. The correspondence comprises 2 letters from Beevers; copy of 1 letter from Joseph Needham. One of Beevers letters also discusses the relationship of kidney disease to hypertension. The related documents comprise a reprint of an article by the MRC Blood Pressure Unit entitled 'Is Low-Renin Hypertension a stage in the development of essential hypertension or a diagnostic entity?', ('The Lancet', 8 March 1975); reprint of an article by the MRC Blood Pressure Unit entitled 'Abnormal Relation between Exchangeable Sodium and the Renin-Angiotensin System in Malignant Hypertension and in Hypertension with Chronic Renal Failure', ('The Lancet', 31 March 1973); reprint of an article by the MRC Blood Pressure Unit entitled 'Sodium and the Renin-Angiotensin System in Essential Hypertension and Mineralcortoid Excess', ('The Lancet', 10 August 1974); reprint of an article by the MRC Blood Pressure Unit entitled 'Hypertension in Chronic Renal Failure: An Abnormal Relation Between Sodium and the Renin-Angiotensin System', ('The American Journal of Medicine', September 1973); hand-written chart prepared by Beevers showing the relationship between renal hypertension and hypertension due to sodium.
Creator: Beevers, D. G.; Needham, Joseph.
12 pieces; Paper.

18 Sep. 1974–1 May 1975

Correspondence with Prof. David Hawkes of Oxford, about the expression ?? [Kan Huo / Gan Huo], and related notes by Lu Gwei-Djen. The correspondence comprises 1 letter from Hawkes; copy of 1 letter from Joseph Needham.
Creator: Hawkes, David; Needham, Joseph; Lu Gwei-Djen.
9 sheets; Paper.

11 June 1975–17 June 1975

Letter from Prof. W. Bargman of Kiel, Germany, about ivory figures used as aids to diagnosis by physicians in ancient China, and copy of Joseph Needham's reply.
Creator: Bargman, W.; Needham, Joseph.
2 sheets; Paper.

22 June 1973–20 Aug. 1973

Copy of «??» [Chien Pao / Jian Bao], the Cambridge Chinese students' newsletter. The newsletter includes an article on medicine in modern China.
4 sheets; Paper.

Oct. 1977

Two pieces of Japanese calligraphy relating to medicine.
2 pieces; Paper.

1980–1989