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6 entries match Traditional & Indigenous [G02.403.700] · Anatomy & Pathology [G02.149 / C23]

1774 CE

#6835

Kaitai Shinsho (解体新書 Kyūjitai: 解體新書,(Anatomical Tables). A translation of Johan Adam Kulmus's Ontleedkundige Tafelen by Sugita Genpaku.

The first translation of any Western medical text into Japanese. "Kaitai Shinsho represented the beginning of two epoch-making developments. First and most directly Gempaku's work set in motion the modern transformati…

1896 CE

#10793

Anomalies and curiosities of medicine: Being an encyclopedic collection of rare and extraordinary cases, and of the most striking instances of abnormality in all branches of medicine and surgery, derived form an exhaustive research of medical literature from its origin to the present day, abstracted, classified, annotated, and indexed.

Digital facsimile of the 1900 edition from the Internet Archive at this link.

1813 CE

#13214

Kaitai hatsumo [Explanation of Human Anatomy]. 5 vols.

The first Japanese exposition of the whole system of human anatomy, based on original observation. The work includes the records of three dissections performed in Kyoto in 1783, 1798, and 1802. “A Japanese treat…

1886 CE

#7708

Notes on the anomalies, injuries and diseases of the bones of the native races of North America.

The first American contribution to paleopathology. Digital facsimile from Google Books at this link.

1981 CE

#6958

The Manchu anatomy and its historical origin. With annotations and translations by John B. de C. M. Saunders and Francis R. Lee.

The Anatomie Manchoue, a series of graphic illustrations taken from Western anatomical works, with notes in the Manchu-Tungus language. This was compiled under the supervision of Father Parrenin, a French Jesuit worki…

1579 CE

#1819.1

Tractado breve de anathomia y chirurgia.

Includes some of the first studies of the plants and botanic remedies of the New World. Second edition, Tractado breve de medicina (1592). This is an abridgement of manuscripts left in Mexico by Francisco Herná…