Niu Ya-hua
The Institute for the Informatics of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, 100700, China.
Zhonghua Yi Shi Za Zhi. 2009 Sep;39(5):316-9.
Yixue yuanshi (The Origin of Medicine) is the first traditional Chinese medical book including western medicine, which spread to Japan and was paid attention to by the well known specialist in Dutch culture and medical scientist - da gui xuan ze. When he revised Jieti xinshu (the New Book of Anatomy) translated by his teacher shan tian xuan bai, he consulted and quoted the contents of Yixue yuanshi (The Origin of Medicine) in the titular explanation and appendix of revised edition of Chongding jietixinshu (Revised New Book of Anatomy), in which can be seen the medical exchanges and interrelations between China, Europe and Japan from the 17th to 19th century.
《医学原始》是第一部包含西医内容的中医典籍,该书流传至日本并受到荷兰文化知名专家、医学家大槻玄泽的关注。他在修订老师杉田玄白翻译的《解体新书》时,在《重订解体新书》修订版的标题解释和附录中参考引用了《医学原始》的内容,从中可以看出17至19世纪中国、欧洲和日本之间的医学交流与相互关系。