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<h3>To the Editor.—</h3> I was fascinated to see the beautiful color picture of a copy of an antique Chinese diagnostic doll on the cover ofThe Journalfor July 26, 1971. I first became interested in this subject some years ago after reading Major's<i>History of Medicine</i>, vol 1, p 86, which has a photograph of such a model. Shortly after this, while visiting San Francisco's Chinatown, I bought a copy from the collection (Figure) of a venerable Chinese merchant. He assured me he had obtained it from the Chinese mainland before the Communist take-over. I believe your "Cover Story" (Amagrams, p 391) is substantially correct, except for one detail: "As traditional modesty demanded that women's feet be covered at all times, the dolls always wear shoes." Either the copy I possess is a fake (which I doubt), or (which I think more likely) she is a copy of an
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