Liu S
The Hospital of TCM, South-Eastern Qian, Guizhou Province, Kaili.
Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi. 1998 Jul;28(3):177-80.
"A New Book of Pediatrics" (hereinafter referred to as "the Book") is a pediatric monumental work written in the Song Dynasty. The Book quoted 141 medical texts with 10096 items totally. Relying on the Book, many lost and important ancient pediatrical works, to a great extent, are preserved up to now. Also, the Book collects a large number of never-published prescriptions applied among the people or handed down on the family from generation to generation secretly. As the source of all quoted literatures are indicated, the original shapes of many literatures can thus be resumed by conclusion and collating. Therefore, the Book has important research significance to collating literatures as well as of great reference value to medical practice.
《小儿药证直诀》（以下简称《直诀》）是宋代一部儿科专著。该书引用医籍141种，共10096条。依靠《直诀》，许多失传的古代重要儿科著作得以在很大程度上保存至今。而且，该书收集了大量民间应用或家族世代秘传的验方。由于所有引用文献的出处均有注明，通过归纳整理，许多文献的原貌得以复原。因此，《直诀》对文献整理具有重要的研究意义，对医疗实践也具有很高的参考价值。
