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!
of rangaku and Japan by translating 
a Dutch medical book.
tras traducir un libro médico alemán.
de rangaku no Japão e traduziu
um livro medicinal holandês.