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Doctor's Wife by Sawako Ariyoshi (1992, Trade Paperback)

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Offers a fictional version of the life of Hanaoka Seishu, an eighteenth century Japanese doctor who introduced the use of anesthetics and performed the first breast cancer operation in 1805

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Product Identifiers

PublisherKodansha America, Incorporated

ISBN-100870114654

ISBN-139780870114656

eBay Product ID (ePID)774915

Product Key Features

Original LanguageJapanese

Book TitleDoctor's Wife

Number of Pages192 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicLiterary

Publication Year1992

FeaturesReprint

GenreFiction

AuthorSawako Ariyoshi

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight5.6 Oz

Item Length7.2 in

Item Width4.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN80-085380

Dewey Edition19

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Decimal895.6/35

Edition DescriptionReprint

Synopsis'A powerful portrait of two strongwilled women in a society almost totally dominated by men.' -Oriental Economist This is a novel based on the life of the first doctor in the world to perform surgery for breast cancer under a general anesthetic., A novel based on the life of the first doctor in the world to perform surgery for breast cancer under a general anaesthetic.