File:Chinese woodcut; Chest Centre abscess Wellcome L0038801.jpg

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Chinese woodcut: Chest Centre abscess
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Chinese woodcut: Chest Centre abscess
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Woodcut illustrating the 17th century Chinese medical textYangyi daquan(Great Compendium of The Medicine of Sores) Gu Shicheng, from an edition published in 1901 (27th year of the Guangxu reign period of the Qing dynasty). It shows the disease location fordanzhong ju(Chest Centre abscess). This is a pyogenic condition that occurs around thedanzhong(Chest Centre) point at the front of the thorax. The lesion is initially hard, mauve in colour and shaped like a chestnut, but it gradually becomes firey red, swollen and painful, and is accompanied by high fever and intolerance of cold.

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Keywords: Sores; Medicine, Chinese Traditional; Ulcer; Abscess
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  • Library reference: External Reference Wei 51/1760, Ma 433, External Reference Wang Shumin 432.01 and External Reference Vivienne Lo
  • Photo number: L0038801
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