Peking University doctor wins top publishing award

By Jiang Wei and Wang Yifan | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2019-02-22 19:44

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The cover picture of *The Formation of Urinary Calculi* shows how urinary stones are formed, illustrated by water in a large, kidney-shaped beaker, and food, medicine which can generate the stones are set aside as supporting elements. [Photo/CYOL.com]

Peking University Expert Pictures Urological Disease, a medical science book series, has won China's highest award in popular science publishing.

The series received in December 2018 the gold award in Outstanding Popular Science Works (book category) at the fourth Chinese Science Writers Association Awards.

The series focuses on the prostate, urinary tract infections, and urinary stones. Series writer Dr Song Gang is a deputy chief physician and associate professor in the Department of Urology at Peking University First Hospital.

The book's nearly 200 pictures are not just simple illustrations, but delicate paintings reflecting the logic of medicine, devised by Dr Song and illustrated by an artist with whom he collaborated.

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