聞選竒錄 (Selected Case Reports of Surgical Operations), 1818
聞選竒錄 (Selected Case Reports of Surgical Operations), Matsuzawa, Kenshia, 1818
These pages show the removal of tumor tissue from a patient's breast (right) and the pathological specimen (left). This manuscript describes the surgical procedures of the Hanaoka school, which used Chinese herbs as a general anesthetic.
Seishu Hanaoka (1760-1835), a Japanese pioneer in anesthesia, performed the first breast cancer surgery using herbal general anesthesia.