1868　Hokuetsu Jugun Juso Zuroku (Gunshot Wound Record at the Battle of Hokuetsu)
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Material Name Hokuetsu Jugun Juso Zuroku (Gunshot Wound Record at the Battle of Hokuetsu)
Year(Japanes Era Name) Meiji 1
Year 1868
Description This is a record made by a military surgeon in the loyalist army (AKAGAWA Genreki (1832-1903), director of Great Kashiwazaki Hospital) that pursued the former Shogunate (Hokuetsu) army in the Boshin War. British physician and diplomat William WILLIS (1837-1894) campaigned with the loyalist army at their request, following the former Shogunate (Hokuetsu) army; he dispensed British-style surgical treatment to the wounded, while giving guidance in the treatment of gunshot wounds to the inexperienced Japanese doctors. The author AKAGAWA made illustrations of the gunshot wound treatment of tens of patients being cared for, while treating them himself under WILLIS's guidance. This was the first Japanese record made of surgery done using chloroform anesthetic.
Physical Description manuscript 46P.12.3cm X 16.7cm
Material Type Document

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