Dr. Willis in Japan, 1862-1877 : British medical pioneer / Hugh Cortazzi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cortazzi, Hugh, author.

Series:

Bloomsbury Academic collections : Japanese history.

Bloomsbury Academic collections : Japanese history, 2051-0012

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Willis, William, 1837-1894.

Willis, William.

Physicians, Foreign--Japan--Biography.

Physicians, Foreign.

Surgeons--Great Britain--Biography.

Surgeons.

Japan--History--Restoration, 1853-1870.

Japan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Other Title:

Doctor Willis in Japan, 1862-1877.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Bloomsbury, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"This is a fascinating account of the fifteen years spent in Japan by William Willis, a British medical pioneer. Quite apart from the importance of his reports on medical practice and the spread of Western medicine, Dr Willis, who worked with the British Legation until 1868, was also a notable eye-witness to many historic occasions. Dr Willis's letters to his family in Ireland are quoted extensively. First published in 1985, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The background; 2 Willis and the events of 1862-5; 3 Willis''s life in Yokohama, 1862-7; 4 Willis and Sir Harry Parkes, 1865-7; 5 Treating the wounded in the civil war of 1868; 6 With the Imperial forces in the north east, 1868; 7 Consular and medical duties in Edo, 1869; 8 At the hospital in Kagoshima, 1870-75; 9 Final Years in Japan, 1876-7; Appendix I: Prostitution in Japan: A report submitted; Appendix II: Japanese military hospitals: A report submitted; Appendix III: Memorandum; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M

NO; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472553331

1472553330

9781780935171

178093517X

OCLC:

895073277