https://www.european-mastectomy.artinterp.org/files/original/0a43ee9972d8e35e298781a1434c1698.jpeg 4d9aeae82302d698479bcac0c5ba32b9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Surgical Tracts Physical Object An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Moving Image, Still Image, Text or one of the other types. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mastectomy Description An account of the resource Illustration shows the excision of a cancerous growth from a woman's breast, an operation which Hanaoka Seishu first carried out in 1804 using general anasthetic Kamata Keishu, a pupil of the renowned surgeon Hanaoka Seishu (1760 - 1835), published a treatise in 1851 called 'Geka kihai'. In it, he made public the surgical techniques pioneered by his teacher and provided illustrations demonstrating his technique. These illustrations were empirically based on European examples. The use of colour in them functions mainly to distinguish flesh from clothing and to demonstrate the flow of blood. This image shows an operation which Hanaoka Seishu first carried out in 1804 using general anaesthetic. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kamata Keishu Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Wellcome Collection https://wellcomecollection.org/works/ngg2kxv7 blood eastern female patient japanese mastectomy surgery