KMID : 0857920180210020053
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Yonsei Journal of Medical History 2018 Volume.21 No. 2 p.53 ~ p.77
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Characteristics of Accepting the Western Anatomy in Japan
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Kim Seong-Su
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Abstract
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Kaitai shinsho (ú°ô÷ãæßö) is an anatomical book important to modern Japanese medical history. The publishing of Kaitai shinsho created a movement to learn Dutch and Western sciences. As a result, Japan had the fastest push for Western modernization in East Asia. Sugita Genpaku (ß´ï£úÜÛÜ) and his colleagues, who translated Kaitai shinsho, thoroughly rejected the unscientific features of traditional Chinese medicine with regards to anatomy. They had absolute trust in Western studies because of the exact and detailed descriptions of Western anatomy. It was clear anatomy was the basic science of medicine. Kaitai shinsho and Jutei kaitai shinsho (ñìïôú°ô÷ãæßö) changed the minds of the Japanese in the fields of medicine, culture, and history. Otsuki Gentaku (ÓÞ Ð§úÜ÷Ê), the author of Jutei kaitai shinsho, turned it into a positive anatomy by emphasizing the history of the anatomy. He overcame the worldview centered on China and made the idea that China was the same as other countries in the Japanese position. By emphasizing the neurohumor, he strengthened functional explanations that were difficult to explain in anatomy and used logic to overcome traditionalists who criticized anatomy.
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KEYWORD
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anatomy, brain, nerve, heart, worldview
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