Catalogue of Chinese books and manuscripts in the Library of The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine / Hartmut Walravens ; introduction by Nigel Allan.

Walravens, Hartmut.

Date:: 1994

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Credit: Catalogue of Chinese books and manuscripts in the Library of The Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine / Hartmut Walravens ; introduction by Nigel Allan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$it m m ä 79 I title-page : Hua-hsüeh chieh- chih. Ta Ch'ing Kuang-hsü erh-shih-liu nien [1900] Chiu-chu chiang-sheng i-ch'in ^ II # {S M S chiu-pai nien Mei-kuo Lin Pao-lo fan-i. m m fS Jfl Si jS Title slip: Hai-nan Huo-ch'üan Ch'en SI shih t'i. Ms., ready for printing. 1 pen without pagination; 63 fols, 9 lines per page. Ms. note on cover: Prepared by P. W. MacClintock [?]. Introduction to chemistry prepared for publication in 1900. The translator calls himself the American Lin Pao-lo, i.e., Paul Lin. If we assume that he was a missionary there may be a connection with F. P. McClintock, who entered the American Presbyterian Mission in 1892. Cf. A century of protestant missions in China (1807-1907). Shanghai 1907. The title was written by a Ch'en Huo- ch'üan from Hainan. 23.5 (19.5) X 12.5 (10.5) cm. Provenance unknown. it m m m 80 i caption title : Hua-hsüeh ch'u-chieh. H S M Sé □ Mei-kuo Chia Yiieh-han k'ou-i. m ÍS fëT W Yang-ch'eng Ho Liao-jan pi-shu. 2Ê ch. 2 only: 2,59 fols. There was a violet title-slip. First steps to chemistry. This seems to be [David Ames] Wells' principles of chemistry, inorganic part trans-lated by John Glasgow Kerr (1824- 1901), Canton 1871. (BL: 15252.d.l0); Kerr was an American medical missionary sent by the Presbyterian Church. He arrived at Hong Kong in 1854. The Chinese co-translator was Ho Liao- jan from Canton. According to Chinese Recorder 7.1876, 193: published in Canton in 1870. 288 leaves. Vol. 4 is mentioned in Chinese Recorder. 6.1875,239. 28 (19) X 16 (13) cm. Provenance unknown. it m s a 81 i title-page : Hua-hsüeh hsü-chih. Kuang-hsü shih-erh nien [1886] fr I m hsin-chien. 5? S S® Ying-kuo Fu Lan-ya chi. 17 fols. Mr Si Ref.: There is also an earlier Hua-hsüeh i- chih (Canton: Chen-pao-t'ang, 1881) by John Fryer; cf. BL: 15259.g. 16; a copy also at the Institut Vostokovedenija, St Petersburg (D 781). What you need to know about chemistry by John Fryer. This edition was newly engraved in 1886. 19.5 (15.5) X 13 (10.5) cm. Purchased from Spink, auctioneers. 82 i margin title: Ko-chih hui-pien Contents: Ko-chih shih-ch'i. fols. 22-25; 68, 37 pp. Appendices include: Vocabulary of names of materia medica occuringin the translation of Boyle's manual of materia medica and therapeutics. With lists of names of persons and places occuring in the same work, and in various treatise[s] on chemistry and allied subjects. Kiangnan Arsenal, May 1887.$