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東醫寶鑑 (Treasures of Eastern Medical Knowledge: Classified Book of Medicine), 1613

東醫寶鑑 (Treasures of Eastern Medical Knowledge: Classified Book of Medicine), Ho Chun (許浚),

In this work originally published in 1611, the renowned Korean physician Ho Chun compiled and classified the extant medical knowledge of China, Japan, and Korea. Some of the categories he used were internal environment, external appearances of the human body, miscellaneous diseases, fluid medicine, and acupuncture.