THAILAND, 19TH CENTURY

Name: AN ILLUSTRATED MEDICAL MANUAL
Brand: THAILAND, 19TH CENTURY
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AN ILLUSTRATED MEDICAL MANUAL

THAILAND, 19TH CENTURY

Closed: 25 Sep 2024

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4¹⁄₂ x 14³⁄₈ in. (11.5 x 36.5 cm.)

Christie's New York, 19 September 2002, lot 243.

Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, long term loan, 2007-2024, EL.1.2007.23.

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Lot Essay

This is an interesting example of a Thai medical treatise, containing diagrams of pressure points on the body for treating various ailments, and recipes for remedies for other illnesses including one using peanuts, beans and Chinese leaves, and another recommending the use of juice from a crushed vine for a skin eruption; cf. H. Ginsburg, , The British Library, 1989, pp. 29-32.