The Manchu collections in Europe are mostly presented by the historical and administrative documents or Manchu translations of Chinese philosophical and literary texts. However, almost all collections include also Manchu texts on medicine, though not so numerous. The collection of the St. Petersburg Branch of the Institute of Oriental Studies is no exeption. Materials on medicine here, which comprise texts on smallpox, gynaecology, anatomy and acupuncture (most of them translations from Chinese) are found in the collection...
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