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This study selects\n                    <jats:italic>Taixi Renshen Shuogai<\/jats:italic>\n                    (1623) and\n                    <jats:italic>Zhenjiu Dacheng<\/jats:italic>\n                    (1601) as research samples, employing a research method combining iconographic analysis and digital humanities to explore the different body concepts and their cultural connotations carried by Chinese and Western medical illustrations. The study constructs a three-dimensional analytical framework covering visual vocabulary, content expression and quantitative statistics to conduct an in-depth analysis of the cognitive differences in human body representation between the two medical traditions. 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