Nihon ishigaku zasshi. [Journal of Japanese history of medicine]
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Nihon Ishigaku Zasshi · Dec 2016
Historical ArticleRyozo Chiba's Ben-nyugansho narabini Chiho Soko and Nyuganbensho or Nyuganben: The Practice of Hanaoka's Breast Cancer Surgery in 1811.
In 1811, Ryozo Chiba (1789-1861) from Sendai Province enrolled in a private school of Shunrinken, presided by Seishu Hanaoka and wrote up a manuscript titled Nanki Seishu Sensei Nyugan Chyutu Koju (the title on the first page is Ben-nyugansho narabini Chiho Soko) in August 1811, only 6 months after enrollment. The manuscript describes Hanaoka's teachings about breast cancer surgery; signs and symptoms of breast cancer, differential diagnosis, preoperative care, administration of Mafutsusan, operative procedures, hemostatic techniques, wound suture; wound dressing, recovery from anesthesia with Mafutsusan, postoperative care, and prescriptions of drugs for internal and external use. After repeated transcriptions and the addition of various papers on other subjects, the title of the manuscript changed to Nyuganbenshio or Nyuganben. Chiba's original manuscript is considered important because the transcriber and the year of transcription of the manuscript are identified, and it unfolds the practice of Hanaoka's breast canicer surgery as of 1811.
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Nihon Ishigaku Zasshi · Dec 2016
Historical ArticleDevelopment of Mafutsusan by Seishu Hanaoka and General Anesthetics in the Very Early Part of the 19th Century in Japan.
Seishu Hanaoka's medicine is famed for its breast cancer surgery. Hanaoka, who,was motivated by Dokushoan Nagatomi's Man-yu zakki, published in 1771, had the idea to excise a breast cancer tumor and not to perform a breast amputation. Because he recognized that general anesthesia was indispensable for performing a surgical operation of the breast, he developed a general anesthetic and surmounted various difficulties: selection of an anesthetic method, anesthetic ingredients, determination of the opti- mal dosage, administration methods, indications and contra-indications, evaluation of the depth of anesthesia, facilitation of the smooth emergence from anesthesia, and postoperative care. I reviewed previous articles on these subjects and, using several unpublished manuscripts, provided new information on disseminated general anesthetics in Japan during the decade after the first general anesthesia for Kan Aiya in 1804.
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Nihon Ishigaku Zasshi · Dec 2008
Historical Article[On the lecture on the history of anatomy which Lu Xun heard in Sendai].
In "Fujino Sensei," Lu Xun wrote that in his first lecture on anatomy, osteology Professor Fujino talked about the history of anatomy in Japan; although Lu Xun's extant lecture notes do not show any mention of Fujino's comments on the history of anatomy. However, since the lecture notes of senior students mention the history of anatomy, we do not find any reason to assume that Lu Xun did not hear about the history of anatomy in the lecture. ⋯ It is concluded that the description of the first anatomical lecture in "Fujino Sensei" was written based on Lu Xun's actual experience. The lecture on the history of anatomy which Lu Xun heard was made by Professor Fujino; probably based on a lecture by Professor Shikinami which was recorded in the notes of Saito Ryusho, a student who was three years senior to Lu Xun.
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Nihon Ishigaku Zasshi · Dec 2004
Biography Historical Article[Andreas Vesalius in the Spanish Court].
After the publication of "Fabrica," Andreas Vesalius entered the Spanish court and became a court physician to Charles the Fifth, Holy Roman Emperor, and then to Philip the Second, Spanish king. The author studied this process and its historical background. ⋯ Vesalius was born in Brussels, obtained his degree at the University of Padua, Italy, became professor of anatomy and surgery there, and published "Tabulae Anatomicae Sex" and "Fabrica."In the ear of the Spanish court, the treatments of Henry the Second, French king, and of Don Carlos, Spanish crown prince, are famous among Vesalius' medical contributions. In the year of his resignation, Charles the Fifth conferred the title of count palatine on Vesalius.