The 100th Congress of Japan Surgical Society

C1767

Issue	The 100th Congress of Japan Surgical Society
Date of Issue	11 April 2000 (Heisei 12)
Denomination	80 yen
Quantity	12,000,000 copies
Design	Portrait of Hanaoka Seishu and Hindu datula
Image Area	38.5 X25.0 millimeters
Printing	Photogravure in 5 colors
Sheet	20 stamps ( 5 X 4)
Designer	Tamaki Akira
First Day of Issue Postmark	Tokyo Central Post Office
Catalog NO.	C1767

Japanese Stamp Specialized Catalog (JSCA) & SAKURA Catalog numbers are adopted.

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(Small Notes for the Issue)
Since its first congress in 1899, the Congress of Japan Surgical Society was held annually except the two in recess. Hanaoka Seishu (physician, 1760-1835) performed the first succesful operation to remove breast cancer in 1804 under general anesthesia by "Tsusensan", which was mainly made from chosen-asagao (Hindu datula).