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Medical observations on Chinese superstitions and social conditions
Original title : Chine Superstition crime et misère en chine 1899
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MATIGNON (Dr J. J.) Superstition crime et misère en Chine (Souvenirs et biologie sociale). Sixty-six engravings in text and six color plates. Lyon, Paris, Storck, Masson, 1899; in-8°, half-shagreen binding, original wrapper preserved, brick-colored head, raised bands on spine, gilt title (period binding); XXIX, [3], 379 pp., [1] table leaf, 6 color plates, rubbed spine, fresh interior. Dr. Matignon served…
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MATIGNON (Dr J. J.) Superstition crime et misère en Chine (Souvenirs et biologie sociale). Sixty-six engravings in text and six color plates. Lyon, Paris, Storck, Masson, 1899; in-8°, half-shagreen binding, original wrapper preserved, brick-colored head, raised bands on spine, gilt title (period binding); XXIX, [3], 379 pp., [1] table leaf, 6 color plates, rubbed spine, fresh interior. Dr. Matignon served as physician for three and a half years at the French hospital of Nam Tang in Peking. Contents: Superstitions - Suicide - Self-cremation of Buddhist priests - Infanticide and abortion - Pederasty - Beggars of Peking - Eunuchs of the Imperial Palace of Peking - Mongolian medicine - Surgical instruments - Puberty age among Peking women - Intrauterine sex diagnosis - Chinese foot-binding - Chinese musical instruments - The governance of the dead - Streets of Peking - Chinese religious ideas - Hysteria and Boxers - Epilogue.Related Products
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