The Middle Kingdom, 1913, Vol. 2

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Excerpt from The Middle Kingdom, 1913, Vol. 2: A Survey of the Geography, Government, Education, Social Life, Arts, and History of the Chinese Empire and Its InhabitantsThe theory and practice of war, arms in use, 89 Introduction and employment of gunpowder, 90, Chinese policy in warfare, 92, Their regard for music, 94, Examples of Chinese tunes, 97, Musical instruments, 99, Dancing and posture-making, 104, Drawing and painting, 105 Samples of Chinese illustra tive art, 107, Their symbolism, 111 Paintings on pith - paper and leaves, 113, Sculpture and architecture, 115, Notions on the internal structure of the human body, 119, Functions of the viscera and their connection with the yin and yang, 122, Surgical operations, 123, A Chinese doctor, 125, Drugs and medicines employed, 127, The common diseases of China, 129 Native treatises on medicine, 133.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.