Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1095

KAKURYO KATAKURA (1750-1822) Sanka hatsumo. Gyoku-gan-do, Kansei 11 1799 Illus. (port.). 25.9 cm.

Katakura was one of Kagawa's (see No. 1032) students and a leader in integrating the ideas and concepts of western medical practice into Japanese obstetrics. Inspired particularly by Hendrik van Deventer (see No. 678) and Smellie (see No. 825) as well as other western obstetricians, Katakura was the first to use in utero illustration which adopted western views and abandoned the eastern understanding of fetal development and positioning. The book is very well-illustrated with figures depicting fetal positions, the placenta, and use of a newly introduced instrument--the forceps. This printing of the book contains the author's portrait which was added by his friends after his death.

See Related Record(s): 1032 678 825

Gift of John Martin, M.D.