Hanaoka Seishū
Surgeon
1760 – 1835
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Who was Hanaoka Seishū?
Hanaoka Seishū was a Japanese surgeon of the Edo period with a knowledge of Chinese herbal medicine, as well as Western surgical techniques he had learned through Rangaku. Hanaoka is said to have been the first to perform surgery using general anesthesia.
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