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1 online resource. Donguibogam (Principles and practice of Eastern medicine) is an encyclopedia of medical knowledge and treatment techniques compiled and edited by Heo Jun, with the collective support of other medical experts in Korea. Heo Jun, a court physician, received a royal command to write a medical book to assist people suffering from famine brought about by war and drought during the rule of King Seonjo (1552--1608, reigned, 1567--1608). Heo Jun himself picked the proper medicinal herbs, which were native to the Korean Peninsula. He conducted human clinical trials to test the efficacy of the medicines, and he wrote the names of the herbs in Korean so that the common people could learn them. For ease of use, the contents of the encyclopedia were divided into five categories: Naegyeong (Internals), Oehyeong (Externals), Japbyeong (Various diseases), Tangaek (Herbal juices), and Chimgu (Acupuncture). Donguibogam was disseminated as far as Japan and China and informed the evolution of medicine in East Asia and beyond. In terms of health care systems, it promoted preventive medicine and public health care by the state, which were ideas virtually unknown until the 19th century. Donguibogam was inscribed on the UNESCO Memory of the World Register in 2009. Title devised, in English, by Library staff. "Displayed is volume 22."--Note extracted from World Digital Library. Original resource extent: 25 volumes: 36.6 x 22 centimeters; xylography (Naeyeon-letters). Original resource at: National Library of Korea. Content in Korean and Chinese. Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions. 1613 Medicine, Korean Memory of the World Democratic People's Republic of Korea Republic of Korea 603 610 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.4160 2021666315 DLC 210507 20250607105712.1 22054230 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng