Japanese Medical Prints

January 4, 2007 12:55 PM

Japanese Medical Prints.Part of the Clendening History of Medicine Library, at the Kansas University Medical Center, and donated by Dr. Matthew Pickard. The digital collections at the Clendening Library also include Florence Nightingale's letters, old school Chinese public health posters, and images from old medical and natural history texts.
posted by monju_bosatsu (5 comments total)

Astonishing online library. Thanks monju_bosatsu.
posted by nickyskye at 1:38 PM on January 4, 2007

I always knew you were hama7.
posted by dios at 2:36 PM on January 4, 2007 [1 favorite has favorites]

Very cool, thanks!
posted by blendor at 2:55 PM on January 4, 2007

This female decomposing is something one doesn't exactly expect as subject matter in Japanese (or almost any) art. Very interesting. And the old Chinese public health posters are a great find, too. Thanks for the post.
posted by flapjax at midnite at 4:04 PM on January 4, 2007

Very cool! Thanks.
posted by LarryC at 8:33 PM on January 4, 2007