In 1057, the Song Dynasty established an institution responsible for proofreading, organizing, and printing medical books. Before the Song Dynasty, China already had a rich collection of medical literature. However, due to the fact that movable type printing had not yet been invented and widely applied, medical books were mostly circulated through handwritten copies or carved woodblocks, leading to numerous errors. The Bureau for Proofreading Medical Books once revised and printed ancient medical texts such as Suwen, cold-damage disease treatise, Jingui Yaolue, Jingui Yuhan Jing, Maijing, Zhenjiu Jiayi Jing, Qianjin Yaofang, Qianjin Yifang, and Waitai Miyao, which played a significant role in the development of medicine.