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Hanaoka Seishu

Surgeons and Perioperative Specialists

Hanaoka Seishu was a Japanese surgeon of the Edo period with a knowledge of Chinese herbal medicine, as well as Western surgical techniques he had learned through Rangaku. Hanaoka is said to have been the first to perform surgery using general anesthesia.

Hanaoka Seishu was a Japanese surgeon of the Edo period with a knowledge of Chinese herbal medicine, as well as Western surgical techniques he had learned through Rangaku. Hanaoka is said to have been the first to perform surgery using general anesthesia. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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1760 1
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1. Wikidata: Hanaoka Seishu
  • Wikidata Q1376935, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata P569 (w-bbfill-medicine3-0926)
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Hanaoka Seishu (Wikipedia)
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    Hanaoka Seishu born 23 October 1760
  • In Group: Surgeons of Antiquity, the Islamic World and Early Modern Europe, Introduction, sentence 1
    Hanaoka Seishū (華岡 青洲; October 23, 1760, November 21, 1835) was a Japanese surgeon of the Edo period with a knowledge of Chinese herbal medicine, as well as Western surgical techniques he had learned through Rangaku (literally "Dutch learning", and by extension "Western learning").
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