Baryō chōhōki.
馬療調法記.
Jonathan S. Hill, Bookseller, description: [KITAYAMA, Juan or Yushoshi or Michinaga]. Baryo chohoki or Uma ryoji chohoki [trans.: Collection of Treatments to Improve the Health of the Horse]. 14 full-page woodcuts of the horse & its anatomy. 87 folding leaves. Oblong small 8vo, orig. wrapper...
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| Language: | Japanese |
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[Kyōto] :
Chōjiya Kurōemon kanbon,
Meiwa 9 [1772]
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| Summary: | Jonathan S. Hill, Bookseller, description: [KITAYAMA, Juan or Yushoshi or Michinaga]. Baryo chohoki or Uma ryoji chohoki [trans.: Collection of Treatments to Improve the Health of the Horse]. 14 full-page woodcuts of the horse & its anatomy. 87 folding leaves. Oblong small 8vo, orig. wrappers (rather rubbed & tired, a few minor stains), new stitching. Kyoto: Zeniya, 1772. First edition of this rare (WorldCat locates only one copy) and posthumously published work on veterinary medicine. Kitayama (d. 1701), was regarded as the finest medical physician in Osaka of his time. His father was a Chinese herbal doctor and Juan studied medicine at Nagasaki. He introduced innovative medical care to the city and, when treating rich patients, demanded high fees in order to treat the poor for free and supply them with food. He wrote a series of medical and veterinary works. This work is concerned with the medical care of horses in which acupuncture and moxibustion play a large role. Kitayama describes how to take the pulse of the horse and how to treat diseased organs. At the beginning of this work, there is an extremely useful index describing symptoms with references to page number. There are sections on parasites in the digestive tract; which kind of needle to use in acupuncture; pharmacological recipes, diseases of the skin, eyes, and kidneys; joint diseases; snake bites; treating a horse gored by a bull; tumors; wound treatment; insect bites; diseases of the hooves; five rules of enema; seven rules of treating fevers; blindness; etc. The 14 fine woodcuts depict pressure points on the horse, the five chief internal organs (lung, heart, liver, spleen, and kidney), etc. |
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| Physical Description: | 87 folding leaves : illustrations ; 11 x 16 cm |