Cancer Patient #1
by National Library Of Medicine
Title
Cancer Patient #1
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National Library Of Medicine
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Cancer patient, 19th-century Japan. Illustration of a Buddhist priest with a cancerous growth on his face, from 'A Surgical Casebook', a 19th-century manuscript of hand-painted pictures commissioned by Japanese surgeon Hanaoka Seishu (1760-1835). Hanaoka pioneered the use of general anaesthesia to remove tumours from cancer patients. His book illustrated the cancers and other conditions that he treated, and the patients that came to him for treatment. The illustrations were by an artist named Tangetsu.
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July 21st, 2016
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