A Medical Record by Liu Yuduo
Qing Dynasty
The Imperial Physician Liu Yuduo's memorandum of the case history and treatment of Zhang Tingyu. Zhang (1672-1755), styled Hengcheng, was a native of Tongcheng, Anhui Province. He was a high-ranking official of three reigns (those of Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong in the 17th and 18th centuries), for a total of fifty years. Among his other posts, he was editor-in-chief of the official History of the Ming. (Collection of Imperial Palace Museum.)