Doctors of Empire : Medical and Cultural Encounters between Imperial Germany and Meiji Japan / Hoi-eun Kim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kim, Hoi-eun, author.

Series:

German and European studies.

German and European Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Medicine--Japan--International cooperation--History--19th century.

Medicine.

Medicine--Germany--International cooperation--History--19th century.

Medicine--Japan--History--19th century.

Medicine--Germany--History--19th century.

Physicians--Japan--History--19th century.

Physicians.

Physicians--Germany--History--19th century.

Medical education--Japan--History--19th century.

Medical education.

Medical education--Germany--History--19th century.

History, 19th Century.

Education, Medical--history.

Japan--Relations--Germany--History--19th century.

Japan.

Germany--Relations--Japan--History--19th century.

Germany.

Japan--History--Meiji period, 1868-1912.

Medical Subjects:

History, 19th Century.

Education, Medical--history.

Japan.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 p.)

Place of Publication:

Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Transnational history at its finest, Doctors of Empire not only illuminates the German origins of modern medical science in Japan but also reinterprets the nature of German imperialism in East Asia."--Pub. desc

Contents:

Introduction: Weaving Germany and Japan together with the Thread of Medical Science

Same Bed, Different Dreams

Borrowed Hands: German Physicians' Teaching of Medical Education in Meiji Japan

Socialized Intellect: Intellectual and Communal Journeys of Japanese Doctors in Germany

Bedazzled and Bewildered: Cultural Journeys of Japanese Students in Germany

Japan through the Stethoscope: German Physicians as Anthropologists of Meiji Japan

Promises and Perils of Encounters: Influences of German Medicine in Japan

Epilogue: Fatal Affinities? The Long-term Legacies of German-Japanese Medical Relations.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Okt 2018)

ISBN:

1-4426-6048-1

1-4426-6047-3

OCLC:

890934540