Saishunkan (Kumamoto) | |
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Nihongi, Kumamoto Kumamoto Prefecture Japan |
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Type | Medical school run by Kumamoto Han |
Established | 1757 |
Closed | 1870 |
President | Murai Kenboku(first) |
Enrollment | 400(at best) |
Information | Internal medicine (Chinese medicine), surgery, ophthalmology, pediatrics, gynocology, oral medicine, acupuncture, acupressure were taught. In addition, anatomy and pharmacology were taught. Later, western medicine was taught. |
Saishunkan was a han medical school, established by Hosokawa Shigekata in 1756 in Kumamoto, Japan. Internal medicine (Chinese medicine), surgery (treatment of wounds), ophthalmology, pediatrics, gynecology, oral medicine, acupuncture, acupressure were taught.