外臺秘要

Secret Essentials of the Outer Tower

Medical compendium; fascicle 21 opens with the 'Treatise on the eye from the Indian scriptures' (天竺經論眼) transmitted by a Buddhist layman of Longshang, describing cataract couching with a golden needle as practised by Indian doctors.

Language

Classical Chinese

Date

752 CE

Author

王燾

Text

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