[About the product] ーThe history of modern medicine in Japan is steeped in the blood of many people- From the end of the Edo period to the Meiji era (1868-1912), Japan, which was about to be reborn from the shogunate and clan system to a Western-style modern nation, focused on the acceptance and establishment of modern Western medicine in the field of medicine as well. This book uses the diaries, letters, and personal experiences of Siddall, Baldwin, Matsumoto Jun, Muller, Kuki Ryuichi, and others who contributed to the development of medicine in Japan to illustrate the path taken by modern Japanese medicine in the midst of accelerating modernization. This is an excellent book to learn about the early days of Japanese medicine. [Contents] INTRODUCTION PROLOGUE　 FROM MEDICAL ARTS OF DUTCH INTERPRETERS TO DUTCH STUDIES CHAPTER 1 FROM THE OPENING OF THE PORT TO THE END OF THE BOSHIN WAR Episode 1 Nagasaki at the end of the Edo period drawn by Ranpoi Episode 2 The Boshin War and the Consuls Episode 3 The Back Doctors of Paris Episode 4 The Newly Emerging Prussia and its Diplomacy CHAPTER 2 FROM THE REVISION OF THE MEIJI ERA TO THE EVE OF THE ABOLITION OF THE DOMAIN Episode 5 Willis and the Medical School and Great Hospital Episode 6 Simmons and the East School of the Daigaku Episode 7 Bauduin Returns to Japan Episode 8 Emile Massais and W. Simmons CHAPTER 3 FROM THE ABOLITION OF THE DOMAIN TO THE MEIJI ERA Episode 9 Establishment of the Military Medical Academy and Jun Matsumoto's Appointment Episode 10 Müller and Hoffmann's Arrival in Tokyo Episode 11 Ryuichi Kuki's Ministry of Education Episode 12 Sagara Tomoyasu's imprisonment and the Ministry of Justice CHAPTER 4 - FROM THE MEDICAL DIVISION OF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION TO THE HEALTH BUREAU OF THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS Episode 13 Medical Students Sent Abroad and Their Total Withdrawal Episode 14 The East Plateau Repair (Tokyo Medical School Ueno Relocation Plan) Episode 15 The Rise and Fall of Nagasaki Medical School FINAL CHAPTER FROM THE ADOPTION OF GERMAN MEDICINE TO ITS ESTABLISHMENT CONCLUSION CITATIONS AND REFERENCE AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY ［Comment from the stuff] The modernization of Japan from the end of the Tokugawa Shogunate to the beginning of the Meiji era is partly due to the elimination of unequal treaties, but reading this book, I feel that a strong desire for the new world that opened up before them was a major force behind the modernization of Japan. Please read this book, which can be called a history of modern Japan from the viewpoint of medicine. [Author's Profile] Atsuo Kanazu Born in Tokyo in 1935. Moved to Kumamoto City in 1944. Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University in 1961. After working at the First Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Sumitoh Metropolitan Hospital, and Roche Research Center of Japan, had been a professor, Faculty of Medical Technology University of Tsukuba since 1981. Retired in 1999, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Medical Technology University of Tsukuba Engaged in medical checkups as a part-time physician at Tsukuba Memorial Association Total Health Plaza and other facilities since 2001.