Model Letter by Wang Shixiong
Qing Dynasty.
Paper. 26 x 16.3 cm. Wang Shixiong (styled Mengying, 1808-1869), was a native of Haining, Zhejiang Province. He was an expert on epidemic infectious diseases as well as a publisher. He systematized the Heat Factor Disorder tradition in System of Heat Factor Disorders ( Wenre ring wei, 1852). His Intestinal Turmoil Disorders ( Huo luan lun, 1838), devoted to a group of diseases including cholera, became the standard work on the subject. (Collection of Museum for History of Medicine, Shanghai University TCM.)