Hyakunō Yoin Sanka no bu [Obstetrics and gynecology] / 百衲餘音 産科之部, undated

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Box 3 > Volume RL10050-V-22
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Arranged in four sections, some of which have their own table of contents. No name or date is given.

Contents
  1. Section 1: Kaisei Kōhō hiketsu: Dr. Oku Ressai's oral instruction.
  2. Section 2: Furoku chiken: appendix, clinical trial; Dr. Oku Ressai's oral lecture.
  3. Section 3: Kitai zu: illustrations of deformed newborns and embryos from an eight-month pregnancy.
  4. Section 4: Gekkei hi oakuron: menstruation
  5. Section 5: Tsuwari setsu: morning sickness
  6. Section 6: Shikan setsu: eclampsia
  7. Section 7: Jutai setsu: conception
  8. Section 8: Danjo setsu: what makes the gender of a baby

Oku Ressai (奥劣斎) (1780-1835) was an obstetrician in Edo period. He was known for his resuscitation of newborn babies and for the "internal podalic" maneuver of inserting a hand into the uterus and drawing the baby foot-first through the cervix.

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