Lu, Gwei (Djen (1904-1991) historian of science)
Found in 140 Collections and/or Records:
File of notes relating to Lu Gwei-Djen's theory that 金 [Chin / Jin] and 銀 [Yin] were alloys and amalgams, not real gold and silver, 1965 - 1973
The notes are by Lu and Joseph Needham.
General notes on acupuncture by Lu Gwei-Djen headed 針灸學 [Chen Chiu Hsueh / Zhen Jiu Xue], 1960 - 1979
This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Joseph Needham and Lu Gwei-Djen notes on the 《橐籥子》[Tho Yo Tzu / Tuo Yue Zi], (Sung or Yuan), 1965 - 1979
See 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 5, Part 5', p.49.
Joseph Needham and Lu Gwei-Djen notes resulting from queries relating to three Han ship models, 1960 - 1969
The notes address the 'query of whether bulheads or not in Chhangsha model'; 'whether stg-oar in addition to rudder in Canton model..'.
Joseph Needham and Lu Gwei-Djen's index of medical and biological terms, Chinese-English, 1964
The index is presented in a large hardback notebook. It is entitled 'Index Termini Technologici Medici at Biologici, Sinensio-Anglici, Lu-Needhamiensii'.
Notes of the meanings of various terms have been pasted into the volume. Other notes are loosely inserted.
Letter from Dr. Felix Mann of London, to Lu Gwei-Djen, expressing a wish to meet to discuss acupuncture, and copy of Lu's reply, 1959-06-16 - 1959-06-23
In addition to material relating to the Society, this file also contains material relating to other acupuncture societys and letters from people seeking Joseph Needham's advice on acupuncture treatment.
Letter from Dr. John William Schiffeler of San Francisco, California, U.S.A., asking for Joseph Needham's opinion on his translations of medical terms from the 'Shan Hai Ching' [山海經 / Shan Hai Jing], and related documents, 1981-02-04 - 1981-03-18
The related documents comprise a copy of Joseph Needham's reply; a copy of Schiffeler's letter annotated by Lu Gwei-Djen.
Letter from Dr. Linda C. Koo of the Department of Community Medicine, University of Hong Hong, about her paper 'Traditional Chinese Diet and its Relationship to Health, and copy of Joseph Needham's reply, 1980-06-30 - 1980-07-18
The letters also mentions Chinese traditional preventative medicine.
The documents also include a page of notes by Lu Gwei-Djen.
Letter from Dr. Patricia Garflield of San Francisco, California, U.S.A., to Lu Gwei-Djen, about her work on dreams and the 'Nei Tan' [内丹 / Nei Dan] tradition, and copy of Lu's reply, 1978-01-03 - 1978-03-29
This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Letter from Harijanto Soepangkat of the University of New Brunswick, Canada, about the male and female birth chart and the use of chicken blood to treat disease, 1971-01-14
The letter is in Chinese and the documents also include Lu Gwei-Djen's English translation of the letter.
Letter from John Z. Bowers of the Department of Heath, Education and Welfare, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A. to Lu Gwei-Djen, inviting her to participate in a conference on 'Medicine and Society in China', and copy of Lu's reply, 1972-05-26 - 1972-06-20
The documents also include a provisional programme for the conference.
Letter from Lo Thien-Hsing of Hong Kong, about his practice of traditional Chinese medicine and reading of ancient literature, 1975-11-30 - 1979-11-30
The documents also include an Lu Gwei-Djen's English summary of the letter.
Letter from Lu Gwei-Djen about time spent with Dorothy Needham and Muriel Moyle and other activities during Joseph Needham's absence at the Twenty-Ninth Congress of Orientalists, Paris, France, July 1973, 1973-07-18
The material relates to lectures given by Needham on topics from the 'Science and Civilisation in China' project and to conferences he attended in order to further his work. The documents in this section include correspondence arranging the events, Needham's preparatory notes, draft and final typescripts of papers as well as Needham's notes from the contributions of other speakers.
Letter from Lu Gwei-djen discussing praise recieved for the book in Paris and the loan of a copy for an exhibition at an International Congress of Anthropologists, 1954-09-08
These files of correspondence are particularly interesting as they provide an insight into people’s opinion of the volumes. Joseph Needham opened a file each time a volume was published.
Letter from Martha H. Oliver of the Gray Herbarium, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A., about the use of germinated seeds as human food, and related documents, 1971-11-02 - 1972-04-14
The related documents comprise notes a copy of Joseph Needham's reply; notes by Lu Gwei-Djen.
Letter from Mrs. Doris Heyden, Ex-Convento El Carmen, Av. Revolucion, San Angel, Mexico, originally accompanying a magic bark paper figure used in agricultural rites to Lu Gwei-Djen, and copy of reply from Lu, 1977-12-02 - 1978-02-16
Joseph Needham's original file title reads 'towards the smoking mirror: early civilisations in Asia & Mesoamerica, corresp.'.
Letter from Prof. F. Peter Lisowski of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, about a visit to China by Dr. John Woodley to study Chinese acupuncture, and related documents, 1972-10-28 - 1973-01-11
The related documents comprise Joseph Needham's notes from a meeting with Woodley; Needham and Lu Gwei-Djen's notes from Woodley's diary of his trip to China.
Letter from Prof. Tsai Ching-Feng [蔡景峰 / Cai Jingfeng] of the China Institute for the History of Medicine and Medical Literature, Beijing, to Lu Gwei-Djen about the possibility of contributing to a dictionary of English-Chinese medical terminology, 1987-07-15 - 1987-08-10
The documents also include a personal history for Tshai (completed on World Health Organisation) forms; draft of Lu's reply; copy of Lu's reply.
Letter from R. G. Whisker of East Molesey, Surrey, about the cultivation of soya in Britain and China, and copy of a reply from Lu Gwei-Djen, 1977-07-02 - 1978-01-18
This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Letter from Roy Spector of the Department of Pharmacology, Duy's Hospital Medical School, London, to Lu Gwei-Djen about the use of 'Angelica' as a drug, and related notes by Lu, 1978-01-04
This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Letter from 湯何璉 [Thang Ho-Lien / Tang Helian] about a biography of her husband 湯飛凡 [Thang Fei-Fan / Tang Feifan], and related documents, 1983-05-10 - 1983-08-23
The related documents comprise a cutting of a 'China Daily' article by S. P. Jin about Thang's work, entitled 'Virologist found cause of trachoma'; English summary of the letter prepared by Lu Gwei-Djen.
Lu Gwei-Djen and Joseph Needham notes on aphrodisiacs from 'Chêng Lei PênTshao', [證類本草 / Zheng Lei Ben Cao], (1083), 1960 - 1969
This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Lu Gwei-Djen and Joseph Needham notes on 'some basic' ideas on the circulation of Chhi [氣 / Qi], 1971-02-25
This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Lu Gwei-Djen and Joseph Needham notes on the Chinese use of cinnabar in different periods of history from 勞幹 [Lao Kan / Lao Gan] 《中國丹砂之應用及其推演》, ('Bulletin of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica', 1936), 1950 - 1959
This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
Lu Gwei-Djen and Joseph Needham notes on the 《赤水玄珠》 [Chhih Shui Hsüan Chu / Chi Shui Xuan Zhu], (1596), 1965 - 1979
This series contains files on each topic set out in Joseph Needham's grand plan for 'Science and Civilisation in China'.
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