Typescript 'draft' of 'Science and Civilisation in China, Volume 6, Part 6', 1960 - 1999
Scope and Contents
The 'draft' comprises Joseph Needham and Lu Gwei-Djen's original drafts for the 5 medical papers which make up the volume, along with notes and additional pages by Nathan Sivin and Ma Boybing [?]. The drafts are in 2 lever arch files.
Other documents loosely inserted in the file include a letter from Dr. R T D FitzGerald of Sheerness, Kent, to Joseph Needham, about the term 'trigger points', (18 May 1992); contents of 'Science and Civlisation in China', Section 44 on 'Medicine', including a version written in Needham's hand-written, probably in the early 1990s
Dates
- Creation: 1960 - 1999
Extent
2 file(s) (2 lever arch files) : Paper
2 file(s)
Language of Materials
English
Chinese
Date information
DateText: The drafts themselves date from the 1960s to 1980s. The additions and loose inserts are probably from the late 1980s and 1990s..
Finding aid date
2006-10-06 12:33:26+00:00
Repository Details
Part of the Needham Research Institute Repository
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