Neurasthenia
and seiza of Dr. Sanzaburo Kobayashi
K. Sato |
As
a pioneer in psychosomatic medicine the author reports on the life
and achievement of Sanzaburo Kobayashi, M.D. (1863-1926) who studied
surgery in the United States and practised in Hawaii for about 15
years with great fame, and on returning to Japan learned seiza (sitting
quietly) and cured his own neurasthenia and then helped his patients
with the integration of modern medicine, seiza and religious belief.
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