The book became a bestseller, which exceeded the sales of the revised edition of Kaitai Shinsho, and, together with the Kaitai Shinsho and its revised edition, the book was highly acclaimed as a leading translation work in the early stage of anatomical history in Japan.
「重訂解体新書」を越えるベストセラーになり「解体新書」、「重訂解体新書」と並ぶ日本初期解剖学史を代表する訳書として絶賛された。