Ogata Koan

Ogata Koan

Ogata Kōan ( Japanese 緒 方 洪 庵 ; born August 13, 1810 in the province of Bitchū ; died July 25, 1863 ) was a Japanese medic of the late Edo period .

life and work

Ogata Kōan first studied medicine in Osaka . In 1831 he went to Edo , where he studied Dutch, basic science and further medicine. In 1836 he went to Nagasaki and continued his education under a Dutch doctor. Back in Osaka he opened a school in 1838 under the name "Tekitekisaijuku" (適 々 斎,), also simply called "Tekijuku" (適 塾), which was immediately well attended. Among his students, who played an important role in society after the Meiji Restoration in 1868, were Fukuzawa Yukichi , Ōmura Masujirō , Sano Tsunetami , Ōtori Keisuke and others.

Ogata's textbook "Fushi keiken ikun" (扶 氏 経 験 遺訓), a translation of a textbook by Christoph Wilhelm Hufeland on internal medicine, circulated widely in handwritten copies. In 1849 he published "Byōgakutsūron" (病 学 通 論), the first Japanese book on pathology. Ogata led an action against smallpox . He published his results for the investigation of the cholera epidemic in 1858 under the title "Korori chijun". In 1862 he became the chief physician of the Shogun. He was also appointed head of the Shogunate's "School of Western Medicine" later known as "Igakusho" (医学 所).

Remarks

1. ↑ Today part of Okayama Prefecture .

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Ogata Kōan . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993, ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 1129.

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Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Ogata is the family name, Kōan the first name.