[
{
"pname":"Address",
"pvalue":"8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894, U.S.A."
}
,
{
"pname":"Contact Person <small>(Please replace the \"[ATMARK]\" with the symbol @ when e-mailing the contact person.)</small>",
"pvalue":"Dr. Stephen Greenberg, Head of Public Services in the History of Medicine Division<br />Phone: 301-496-9204; Fax: 301-402-0872<br />E-mail: hmdref[ATMARK]mail.nlm.nih.gov"
}
,
{
"pname":"Collection Size",
"pvalue":"Books:  760 titles<br />Manuscripts:  250 titles<br />Single-Sheet Items:  ca. 100 titles"
}
,
{
"pname":"Collection Description",
"pvalue":"The collection primarily consists of medical texts, both popular and clinical, dating back to the 15<sup>th</sup> century and including copies of most Japanese medical printing milestones such as <i>Kaitai Shinsho</i>. Part of the collection consists of the library of a small-town practitioner of the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods, Nanayama, whose selected case notes are among the manuscripts (extremely rare).  A highlight is a noted collection of 40 letters by important Japanese physicians of the Edo period mounted on two scrolls dating back to the 16<sup>th</sup> century.  There is also a small but rich collection of pharmaceutical ephemera from the period and several prints relating to public health. NLM has also partially digitized and made available one of its most interesting illustrated surgical manuscripts by HANAOKA Seish&#363;: <a href=\"http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/flash/hanaoka/hanaoka.html\">http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/flash/hanaoka/hanaoka.html</a>"
}
,
{
"pname":"Material Availability for Researchers' Viewing/Examination",
"pvalue":"Available"
}
,
{
"pname":"Online Access to Relevant Bibliographic Information",
"pvalue":"OCLC<br />OPAC:  <a href=\"http://www.locatorplus.gov\">http://www.locatorplus.gov</a>; keyword search HMDJPN"
}
,
{
"pname":"Possibility of Material Reproduction",
"pvalue":"Photocopying and scanning are generally permitted if the condition of the materials is good enough.  A few of the titles have been microfilmed."
}
,
{
"pname":"Publications on the Collection, beyond Catalogs",
"pvalue":"Burns, Susan L. \"Nanayama Jund&#333; at Work: A Village Doctor and Medical Knowledge in Nineteenth Century Japan.\" <i>EASTM 29 (2008): 62-83</i>.<br />Jannetta, Ann & National Library of Medicine.  \"Turning the Pages: Hanaoka Seishu's Surgical Case Book\": <a href=\"http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/flash/hanaoka/hanaoka.html\">http://archive.nlm.nih.gov/proj/ttp/flash/hanaoka/hanaoka.html</a>"
}
,
{
"pname":"Other Relevant Information",
"pvalue":"The Library has recently recataloged the collection in OCLC using CJK software and citing sources such as <i>Kokusho Somokuroku</i> and creating NACO authority records for hundreds of Edo and Meiji period physicians.  The Library's OPAC can now display vernacular characters.  Uncataloged materials in the collection are still being discovered, and the Library is acquiring new materials in this category.  Please visit the Division's website for more information about access:<a href=\"http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd\">http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd</a>."
}
]