A mirror for medicine : some resources of the Wellcome Institute Library an exhibition, Monday 19 October - Friday 18 December 1987.
- Wellcome Historical Medical Library
- Date:
- 1987
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: A mirror for medicine : some resources of the Wellcome Institute Library an exhibition, Monday 19 October - Friday 18 December 1987. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![shown as the grey line rising from the nose to the forehead. The lotus petals are inscribed with the letters of the Sanskrit alphabet. By presenting the yogic and anatomical models side by side, the editor plainly claims a status for the cakras in modern anatomical terms, a view elaborated in his Hindi introduction. 8. Camunda Kayastha, Jvaratimirabhaskara. Sanskrit paper manuscript dated A.D. 1880. The Jvaratimirabhaskara or 'Sunlight on the shadow of fever', composed in 1490, is a monograph on fevers arranged in sixteen chapters. Chapter one deals with the mythical origin of fever and its names; chapter two describes the examination of the pulse and the urine, and the value of fasting; chapters three and four describe fever medicines; chapters five to seven are concerned with the symptoms of fevers in relation to the humours or combinations of humours producing them; chapter eight is about fevers caused by trauma, lust, anger, grief, fear and poisoning, etc.; chapters nine and ten describe certain irregular fevers; chapter eleven describes fevers affecting the seven types of tissue in the body; chapter twelve discusses fevers of long standing; chapter thirteen is about a number of therapeutic measures; chapter fourteen is about the symptoms and treatment of twelve particular fevers; chapter fifteen deals with the influence of the lunar mansions on the course of fever, and religious observances for averting fever; the last chapter describes ten types of complication which can arise in fever. 9. Ling-t'ai i-hsiang t'u This volume was compiled in China by the Jesuit father Ferdinand Verbiest [1623-88]. It illustrates the astronomical instruments installed by the Jesuits at the observatory which they built in Peking for the Emperor K'ang-hsi. These instruments were modelled on those depicted in Tycho Brahe's Astronomiae Instauratae Mechanica (1598) which influenced many generations of later astronomers. Exhibited in panoramic display are six of the 105 woodcuts published in Peking in 1674. These illustrations provide valuable insights on the technical achievements of the Jesuits in Peking and demonstrate how 16th and 17th century craftsmen constructed their instruments. Although carried out in the East, the technology was Western. 10. Dhammacakkappavattana sutra sannaya The Sinhalese paraphrase of the Pali text of Dhammacakkappavattana sutta, the first sermon of the Buddha. This Sinhalese manuscript was transcribed on to palm leaves during the 19th century. It is held within wooden boards painted with illustrations of the contents of the manuscript. The inside of both covers exhibited show the sittara or traditional painting of Prince Siddhartha leaving Princess Yasodhara and the newly born Prince Rahula. Subsequent incidents are depicted, such as the crossing of the Neranjara river, and the Brahmaradhanava, - 26-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b20456852_0028.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
