MS Japanese 25

A woodblock printed manual for the treatment of emergency conditions, including loss of consciousness, injuries, accidents, poisoning and gynaecological and pediatric emergencies, with monochrome illustrations. It was written in hiragana-majiri by Taki Rankei (1732–1801), also known as Motonori, assisted by his eldest son, Taki Keizan (1755–1810), also known as Motoyasu. The Taki family were for generations in service to the Bakufu government as doctors. This work was published in 1790 by the Seijukan, a medical school in Edo founded by Ranekei's father, Mototaka in 1765, and distributed by Suharaya Kasuke of Edo et al. 　

Japan, 1790

Material: paper; 3冊 3巻 | 3 volumes (3 sections); binding dimensions: height 261mm, width 177mm, depth 50mm

Acquired by the Wellcome Library in 1969.