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Donguibogam: Principles and Practice of Eastern Medicine

Documentary heritage submitted by Republic of Korea and recommended for inclusion in the Memory of the World Register in 2009.

An encyclopaedia of medical knowledge and treatment techniques compiled in Korea in 1613 and edited by Heo Jun with the collective support of medical experts and literati according to royal instruction. The work informs the evolution of medicine in East Asia and beyond. In terms of health care system, it developed the ideals of preventive medicine and public health care by the state, which was virtually an unprecedented idea up to the19th century.

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