Itō Genboku

Itō Genboku (伊東玄朴, 11 February 1801 – 2 January 1871) was a Japanese surgeon and Rangaku expert living during the late Edo period and early Meiji era. He was the first surgeon to give a cowpox vaccine in Japan, between 1858 and 1860.[1]

Itō Genboku

Itō Genboku's offices were later expanded into the foundations of the incipient University of Tokyo Institute of Medical Science.

References

Deal, William E. (2007) Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan. Oxford University Press, USA.ISBN 9780195331264.

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[1] Deal, William E. (2007) Handbook to Life in Medieval and Early Modern Japan. Oxford University Press, USA.ISBN 9780195331264.