File:Chinese woodcut; Alchemical refining furnace Wellcome L0038814.jpg

File
File history
File usage
Metadata

Size of this preview: 399 × 599 pixels. Other resolutions: 160 × 240 pixels | 320 × 480 pixels | 512 × 768 pixels | 682 × 1,024 pixels | 2,069 × 3,104 pixels.

Original file ‎(2,069 × 3,104 pixels, file size: 2.29 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

This file is from a shared repository and may be used by other projects. Please see the file description page for further information.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

	Date/Time	Thumbnail	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	23:06, 12 October 2014		2,069 × 3,104 (2.29 MB)	commons>Fæ	=={{int:filedesc}}== {{Artwork \|artist = \|author = \|title = Chinese woodcut: Alchemical refining furnace \|description = Woodblock illustration fromWaike tushuo(Pictorial Manual of External Medicine), publishe...

File usage

There are no pages that use this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.

If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.

Short title	L0038814 Chinese woodcut: Alchemical refining furnace
Author	Wellcome Library, London
Headline	L0038814 Chinese woodcut: Alchemical refining furnace
Copyright holder	Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Image title	L0038814 Chinese woodcut: Alchemical refining furnace Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images images@wellcome.ac.uk http://wellcomeimages.org Woodblock illustration from Waike tushuo (Pictorial Manual of External Medicine), published in 1856 (6th year of the Xianfeng reign period of the Qing dynasty). It shows implements for creating and refining bagua da jiangdan (Eight-Trigram Grand Descending Elixir), with special attention given to the internal structure of the alchemical furnace. Eight-Trigram Grand Descending Elixir is a type of Hydrargyrum chloratum compositum - jiangdan or bai jiangdan -- obtained through the mixed crystallization of mercuric chloride (HgCl2) and mercurous chloride (Hg2Cl2), by heating mercury together with various minerals in the furnace. It was used to treat ulcers, fistulas, luoli (scrofula), xirou (polyps), wanxuan (chronic itchy skin condition), etc. Woodcut Library of Zhongguo zhongyi yanjiu yuan (China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine) Waike tushuo (Pictorial Manual of External Medicine) Gao Wenjin (Qing period, 1644-1911) Published: 1856 Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
IIM version	2

File:Chinese woodcut; Alchemical refining furnace Wellcome L0038814.jpg

File history

File usage

Metadata

Navigation menu

Search