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Anatomical drawing: the five viscera, front and back, Chinese
Wellcome Collection

Anatomical drawing: the five viscera, front and back, Chinese

Unknown artist

CC0 — Public Domain
Wellcome Collection

Lettering: IMAGE TITLES: Anterior drawing of the five viscera; Posterior drawing of the five viscera OTHER LETTERING: Yanhou (throat); jingqi (essential Qi); liver; gall bladder; stomach; spleen; diaphragm (gemo); benmen (cardia); youmen (Hidden Portal); large intestine; small intestine; bladder; kidney (shen); mingmen (right kidney considered as 'Portal of Life')

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