Medical lecture notes from 19th century found

Medical lecture notes from 19th century found

MATSUE, Japan - Photo shows some of the transcripts believed to be of lectures by Pompe Van Meerdervoort, known as a father of western medicine in Japan, dating from 1859. The volumes were found recently at the Matsue Red Cross Hospital in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture. They are written in Dutch and cover chemistry, physics, pharmacology and related subjects.

Portrait of Pompe van Meerdervoort

Portrait of Pompe van Meerdervoort

Portrait of Pompe van Meerdervoort ==Date:1862, Place:nagasaki, Photo:A.F. Bauduin, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

Koshima Hospital and the city of Nagasaki

Koshima Hospital and the city of Nagasaki

This photo was taken some time during the period spanning the Bakumatsu - end of Meiji Period. Koshima Yojosho is standing in the middle of the photo. A hospital called Koshima Yojosho was built in May 1860 at Sako, Koshima-go, to treat commoners. In 1861, a medical school was built adjacent to the hospital. Pompe van Meerdervoort taught internal medicine and surgery there. The Chinese settlement was in the area of slightly lower elevation on the lower left.==Date:About 1865, Place:Nagasaki, Photo:F. Beato, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images)

Medical lecture notes from 19th century found

Medical lecture notes from 19th century found

MATSUE, Japan - Photo shows some of the transcripts believed to be of lectures by Pompe Van Meerdervoort, known as a father of western medicine in Japan, dating from 1859. The volumes were found recently at the Matsue Red Cross Hospital in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture. They are written in Dutch and cover chemistry, physics, pharmacology and related subjects.