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Excerpt from The Chinese: A General Description of China and Its Inhabitants
Distribution of Human Knowledge under three heads - Union of Astrology with Medicine - Scheme of Physics - Same as in Europe formerly - Practice of Medicine - Use of the Moxa, or Cautery - Ignorance of native Doctors - Introduction of Vaccination by Mr. Pearson - Chemical Practice - Mercurial Prepara tions - Science of Numbers - Geometry - Geography - Astronomy - Of Hindoos and Chinese compared Lunar Year, and Cycle of Sixty years-almanac - Mechanics and Machinery - Architecture.
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