QIANTI XINLUN [A New Theory of the Body]. 1851. [Ningbo] : Zhenshentang, by Benjamin Hobson (1816-1873) and Chen Xiutang, lithographic printing, 71 double pages, numerous plates including folding plates, later presentation box, 28 x 17cm. (2) Provenance: Collection of Reverend Vincent John Stanton (1817-1891), one of the first westerners to settle in Hong Kong in 1843. 一八五一 《全體新論》 The earliest book in Chinese on the subject of Western medicine, it was the first systematic effort to compile books on Western medicine for the training of Chinese medical personnel. The illustrations from his book were renditions and originals from William Cheselden's Anatomical Tables (1730) and Osteographia (1733). This publication was instrumental in introducing Western anatomic knowledge to the Chinese and catalysed a significant change in the practice of medicine in China.