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The Japanese and the Ainos, the aborigines of Japan, as well as the Kalmucks, must serve as a type of the yellow races: the obstetric customs of the former are so well described by my friend Dr. J. C. Cutter, of Kaita Kuschi, Lappou, Japan, in his kind response to my circular letter, that I can do no better than follow him verbatim, after picturing the treatment of the pregnant woman as detailed to me by Dr. N. Kauda, of Tokio.