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A Japanese physician applying moxa (a substance produced from leaves of various wormwoods) as a cautery: igniting it on the skin of a patient's back. Wood engraving.

Japanese medical and scientific books in the Wellcome Library / Peter Francis Kornicki, University of Cambridge.

Doctors of empire : medical and cultural encounters between imperial Germany and Meiji Japan / Hoi-eun Kim.

Kyūshū chihō no igakushi : dai 115-kai Nihon ishi gakkai kinen / Nihon ishi gakkai Fukuoka chihōkai hen.

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Japanese medical and scientific books in the Wellcome Library / Peter Francis Kornicki, University of Cambridge.

A Japanese physician applying moxa (a substance produced from leaves of various wormwoods) as a cautery: igniting it on the skin of a patient's back. Wood engraving.

Doctors of empire : medical and cultural encounters between imperial Germany and Meiji Japan / Hoi-eun Kim.

Kyūshū chihō no igakushi : dai 115-kai Nihon ishi gakkai kinen / Nihon ishi gakkai Fukuoka chihōkai hen.