Paediatric chart: Complexion diagnosis, Chinese woodcut

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Paediatric chart: Complexion diagnosis, Chinese woodcut. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Woodcut illustration from an edition of 1726 (4th year of the Yongzheng reign period of the Qing dynasty) -- paediatric complexion diagnosis chart, showing the sectors of the face corresponding to different limbs, articulations and parts of the torso. The inner canthus of the eye corresponds to the chest,the outer canthus corresponds to the shoulders, the area below the cheekbone corresponds to the thighs and groin, the area outside the cheekbones corresponds to the arms and hands, the corners of the mouth correspond to the shin, and the cheek corresponds to the feet.

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PICTURE TITLE: Chart of the limbs and joints as observed in the face. OTHER LETTERING: Between the shoulders; mingtang (Illuminated Hall, the nose); inner canthus; chest; cover (bi); fan xie sheng??; ???; juqu (gigantic bend??); quan (cheekbones); yache (gum); foot; shin; inner thigh (guli); shoulder; thigh; arm and hand; back of knee and kneecap

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