With the country slowly opening up to foreign influence, the study of rangaku--imported knowledge from the Netherlands--provided by be a source of inspiration that would result in major revolutions in Japanese medicine. And at the center of it all was the medicine-minded cat, Sugita Genpaku!
However, at the time, this 
translation made major waves.
No obstante, para aquella época,
la traducción era sensacional.
De qualquer forma, esta
tradução foi um grande impacto.