JABSOM Library: Library Updates

Happy Lunar New Year!

It is the year of the Ox! If you, like this librarian, were born an Ox, you are likely a hard worker in the background, intelligent and reliable, but never demanding praise. If you don't know your sign, you can find it here!

Let's talk for a minute about Traditional Chinese Medicine (aka TCM), a practice which goes back to roughly the 14th century BCE (think the time of Akhenaten and Ramses II). The oldest surviving work of TCM medical theory, The Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon, dates from around the 1st century BCE. Today, TCM includes acupuncture, cupping, herbal medicines, acupressure, massage and practices like Tai Chi and Qi Gong. 

You can read the Yellow Emperor's Classic of Internal Medicine in full online through the library! We also have an excellent graphic adaptation in hard copy for you to enjoy:

The Yellow Monkey Emperor's Classic of Chinese Medicine by Damo Mitchell; Spencer Hill (Illustrator)

Call Number: Graphic Medicine WB 55.C4 M681y 2016

Harmony plays a big part both in Chinese Medicine and cartooning. Not only must the cartoonist produce amusing drawings, but each drawing also needs to clearly communicate its concept, whether serious or funny. Cartoons which are intended as aids to understanding and memory introduce one more vital requirement to the harmony - a deep knowledge and affinity with the concepts being conveyed. 
-- John Byrne, Cartoon Tutor, The London Art College

While celebrations are largely virtual this year, you can still get the most important thing: the food.