Kagawa Abortion Clinic - Kagawa Ryūsanka

...His son, Gengo (Mangyo), established a separate family, and the second head of the family, Mitsusada (Ransai), became a court physician and was appointed a female physician. The Kagawa family continued to carry out original research, pioneering midwifery techniques that saved both mothers and children, and the Kagawa abortion clinic became the mainstream of obstetrics in Japan until the Meiji period. [Muneda Hajime]...

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…実子の玄吾(満郷)は別家して一家を立て，その第2代満定(蘭斎)は朝廷医となり女医博士に任ぜられている。賀川一門はつぎつぎと独創的研究を行い母子ともに救う助産の術を開拓，賀川流産科は明治に至るまで日本の産科の主流となった。【宗田 一】。…

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