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  • Three sets of Korea′s oldest medical book series titledDonguibogam″... have officially

  • become national treasures on Monday. The Cultural Heritage Administration said

  • the serieswhich literally meansMirror of Eastern Medicine,″ was first compiled

  • by a royal physician named Heo Jun... during the Joseon Dynasty.

  • The three setsthat were promoted as national treasureswere part of the encyclopedia′s

  • first prints from the 17th century. The entire 25-volume series ofDonguibogam″...

  • was listed on UNESCO′s Memory of the World Register in 2009.

Three sets of Korea′s oldest medical book series titledDonguibogam″... have officially

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