The Essence of Medical Sciences - Seisetsuigensouyo

Japanese: 西説医原枢要 - せいせついげんすうよう

Japan's first Western physiology book. Physiology, as the foundation of medicine, was introduced to Japan later than anatomy and pharmacology, and because understanding and translating its contents was difficult, there were no translated versions. In response, Takano Choei translated and compiled several Dutch books (by G. de la Faye, J. F. Blumenbach, and TA Roose, among others) into this work. It is said to consist of 12 volumes, but only the five inner volumes remain, and only the first volume was published (1832, Tenpo 3).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

日本最初の西洋生理学書。医学の基礎としての生理学が日本に知られたのは解剖学や薬物学にくらべて遅れ，その内容を理解し翻訳することが難事であったため訳書がなかった状況から，高野長英が数種の蘭書(デ･ラ･ハイエG.de la Faye，ブルーメンバハJ.F.Blumenbach，ローセT.A.Rooseらの所説)を訳編したのが本書で，12巻からなるとされるが，現存は内編5巻のみで，刊行は巻一のみにとどまった(1832∥天保3)。

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