Hekiseki Ikkai written by EMA Saiko

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Summary

Within the feudal system of the Tokugawa Shogunate, women were marginalized. In "Sekiheki Ki" written in 1847, EMA Saiko (1787-1861) wrote about the case of a female patient of her nephew EMA Gen'eki. Saiko described the details: the year of the medical treatment, the age and sex of the patient, symptoms, prescription, progress after prescription, form of the stone, and the cause of the disease.

Subject

Takarabe, Kae

Category

Smithsonian History Bibliography

Contained within

The Diary of ITO Keisuke (April-July 1879) 20 (Journal)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

2014

Topic

  • Medicine
  • Women
  • Natural History
  • Women Scientists
  • History
  • Natural history
  • Women--History

Place

Japan

Physical description

Number of pages: 11; Page numbers: 277-287

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