近代石印医籍刊印史略

A Brief History of Printing of Lithographic Medical Books in Modern Times

石印术传入我国后的百余年间，出版了大量的石印本医籍，现存的约一千余种，其中近五百种医籍得益于石印本存世。石印医籍在我国的发展过程可分为初传期、繁荣期和衰落期三个阶段。这些石印本医籍尽管有其印刷粗糙、校勘不精等缺点，但在特定历史时期，对保存祖医学文献、传播医学知识、促进中西医学汇通有着不可忽视的作用。

A large number of lithographic medical books came out within about 100 years after the introduction of lithography technique from the west. There are about 1000 extant lithographic medical books among which 500 still extant as lithographic edition in our courtry. The development of lithographic medical book could be dicided into three stages: the embryonic stage, the prosperous stage and the devlined stage. In spite of the shortcomings that the printing was not exquisite and the textual proofreading was not precise, the value of these lithographic medical books could not be underrated in preserving the medical documents, spreading the medical knowledge and promoting the confluence of TCM and western medicine.