“Human dissection was limited and rules regarding dissection were prohibitive so two Japanese orthopedists, Ryoetsu Hoshino of Hiroshima and Bunken Kagarni of Osaka, carved detailed wooden skeletons of exceptional quality before 1810. One of these wooden skeletons is now in the possession of the Department of Anatomy at Tokyo.” The Beginnings of Anatomy in Japan, T. Ogawa. (1975) Okajimas Folia Anatomica Japonica 52(2-3):59-72.
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