Dr. Buntaro Adachi has been reported by several researchers both in Japan and overseas, but the main content of the report comes from the soft tissue that occurs due to racial differences, the so-called soft anthropological idea. All the reports on the achievements regarding the “Japanese vascular system” that were made. This time, based on these previous reports, the author described Adachi's attitude toward research, books created as a result of thinking, dissertations and the character of Adachi leading to the creation of such dissertations. In particular, the factors behind whether the findings report of the “Japanese vascular system” created over the course of life led to seeking authority in Adachi's book among researchers and anatomical textbooks around the world are as follows. It can be summarized as follows.
1) Written in German, the mainstream of medicine at the time.
2) Since it was widely presented to medical universities around the world with the cooperation of the diplomatic missions outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it is still held in the medical university libraries around the world.
3) Since it was personally presented to a prominent overseas anatomist at the time, Adachi's achievements were cited in the study of the vascular system.
4) In Japan as well, it is presented to medical schools and medical university libraries and can be easily examined.
5) Benefit from the great support for Adachi by Yoshikiyo Koganei, it was able to make his name known overseas to Adachi in the world.
From the above, available on the personality, research achievements, and anecdotes about the publication of Japanese vascular research books of Dr. Buntaro Adachi, which were not mentioned in previous reports, based on the materials stored at Kyoto University, we made a report in addition to the previous reports.
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