Saishunkan (school)

Saishunkan (Kumamoto)
Location
Nihongi, Kumamoto Kumamoto Prefecture
Japan
Information
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.

History

Principles of Saishunkan

Wall Motto by Nagaoka Naizen

Saishunkan Kaiyaku by Murai Kenboku

Students

Administration

Subjects and textbooks

Examinations

Other medical schools

See also: Souha Hatono

See also

References

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