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A collection of manuscripts concerning the early days of the Osaka Medical School 1872-75
Best.-Nr. 8335Ca. 52 leaves. 8vo leaves of various sizes but averaging 285 x 203 mm. written on paper with pre-printed columns stitched together. Osaka: 1872-75. The Osaka Medical School today part of Osaka University and one of the finest medical schools in Japan traces its origins and traditions to the Tekijuku an academy founded by Koan Ogata 1810-63 which based its teaching on Western learning mostly from the Dutch. The newly created Meiji government established the Osaka Medical School in 1869 with the help of Ogata’s son Koreyoshi and the Dutch doctor Antonius Franciscus Bauduin 1822-85. This was part of the massive effort in Japan to modernize. The “Fundamental Code of Education” promulgated in 1872 established a centralized national educational system which concentrated on Western science and technology. These manuscripts document the transformation of the medical school into a national institution. Details regarding rules for employees contracts for foreign employees including salaries housing matters of finance terms of severance standards regarding the making of pharmaceutical products lists of foreign employees correspondence with government officials etc. In fine condition. With the seal of the Shinto priest and physician Yasuaki or Kosho Nakano 1874-1947 and his private library Daido Yakushitsu. He was a major collector of kanpo the Japanese study of traditional Chinese medicine calligraphy maps illustrated scrolls waka poetry and paintings. unknown books
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