title: [Yixue yuanshi (The Origin of Medicine) and Japanese translation work of anatomy: Chongding jieti xinshu (Revised New Book of Anatomy)].
abstract: Yixue yuanshi (The Origin of Medicine) is the first traditional Chinese medical book including western medicine, which spread to Japan and was paid attention to by the well known specialist in Dutch culture and medical scientist - da gui xuan ze. When he revised Jieti xinshu (the New Book of Anatomy) translated by his teacher shan tian xuan bai, he consulted and quoted the contents of Yixue yuanshi (The Origin of Medicine) in the titular explanation and appendix of revised edition of Chongding jietixinshu (Revised New Book of Anatomy), in which can be seen the medical exchanges and interrelations between China, Europe and Japan from the 17th to 19th century.
authors.affiliation: The Institute for the Informatics of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
authors.forename: Ya-hua
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Niu
mesh_terms: D000715:Anatomy / Q000266:history*; D049670:History, 17th Century; D049671:History, 18th Century; D007564:Japan; D008516:Medicine, Chinese Traditional / Q000266:history*; D014177:Translations