[Examining the medical book catalog of Ding Fubao]

Ding Fubao was a pivotal figure in developing and disseminating modern western medicine in China by translating, compiling and writing a large number of western medical books. His medical books are crucial historical documents in the history of publishing, science and technology, and translation in China. However, current research on his medical books remains insufficient in terms of unclarified basic quantity, bibliography, publication time and version details. Based on physical evidence, this paper examined these historical materials, synthesized the previous studies, and finally constructed a complete, accurate and standardised catalog of Ding's medical books up to date, with 157 books in total. Compared with the previous studies, this catalog added 8 books which had never been mentioned before and deleted 12 books previously misattributed to Ding, supplemented 172 versions, corrected 104 bibliographic details, and left 53 issues open.