Skip to main content

Box NRI2/8/2/2/2, 4-7

 Container

Contains 5 Results:

 File

1 set of acupuncture needles (reproduction), 1995

 File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/8/2/2/2
Scope and Contents

The cardboard box contains 5 metal needles set in fabric. The box and needles were made to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the establishment of the journal Zhong yi za zhi 祝贺创刊四十周年華佗牌針灸針.

Dates: 1995
 File

Box of acupuncture needles in a black case, c.1950s-1960s

 File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/8/2/2/4
Scope and Contents

1 black leather box containing 18 metal needles of assorted length.

Dates: c.1950s-1960s
 File

Red Koral cigar tin containing 3 disposable acupuncture needles, c.1950s-1960s

 File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/8/2/2/5
Scope and Contents

1 metal tin containing 3 glass and metal disposable needles 無菌針灸針 in their plastic wrapping from Taiwan.

Dates: c.1950s-1960s
 File

Acupuncture needles in their Cultural Revolution era packet, with saying from 'the little red book' 毫針(針灸針), 1972?

 File
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/8/2/2/6
Scope and Contents

1 paper packet containing 15 metal needles wrapped in tissue 毫針(針灸針) 苏州医疗用品厂 The inscription on the packet is a saying from ‘the little red book’, a book of quotations by Chairman Mao.

Dates: 1972?
 Item

Postcard of a porcelain model of a barefoot doctor administering acupuncture to herself, 1970s

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/1928/NRI/NRI2/8/2/2/7
Scope and Contents

This postcard is entitled 'Practicing Acupuncture (pottery)' (中国北京外文出版社). It was published by the Foreign Languages Press, and possibly distributed with one of their journals.

Dates: 1970s