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14. Willem ten Rhijne, Dissertatio de arthritide: Mantissa schematica: De acupunctura (London, 1683)
The practice of acupuncture was centuries old in China, Korea and Japan when it came to the notice of Western medicine. In January 1682, a meeting of the Royal Society in London discussed a letter from Willem ten Rhijne (1649–1700), a Dutch doctor and botanist employed by the Dutch East India Company, in which he requested publication of his manuscript on acupuncture and moxa, in which heat is applied to the acu-points. He continued his correspondence with the Royal Society for at least ten years: a letter from him in 1692 answers their questions about the use of acupuncture in Japan. This book is opened at an engraving showing the Chinese pattern of points used for moxa and acupuncture.
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14. Willem ten Rhijne, Dissertatio de arthritide: Mantissa schematica: De acupunctura (London, 1683),
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