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| Material Name |
SHIBA Mitsuyuki "Rirei-shi Yakubutsugaku (Riley's Pharmacology)" |
| Year(Japanes Era Name) |
Meiji 5 |
| Year |
1872 |
| Description |
Writer John Campbell RILEY (1828-1879) was born in Georgetown, Washington D.C.; in 1848 he graduated from Georgetown University, and studied at the National Medical College at Washington, receiving a degree in 1851.In 1859, he became a professor of pharmacology and therapeutics at the National Medical College.
SHIBA Mitsuyuki (1839-1879) was born on Sadogashima in Niigata Prefecture.His childhood name was SHIMAKURA Inosuke. His nickname, by which he went as an adult, was Ryokai, while his true name was Mitsuyuki.
A natural at languages, he spoke six: German, English, Dutch, French, Russian and Chinese.He studied under MATSUMOTO Ryojun (1832-1907) and POMPE (Johannes Lijdius Catharinus POMPE VAN MEERDERVOORT, 1829-1908), learning medicine and making many Japanese translations of medical terms.(For example, protein, nitrogen, duodenum etc.)
In May of Meiji year 9 (1876) he took up a position with RORETZ as a sub-teacher and translator, entering employment at the Aichi Prefectural Public Hospital and Public Medical Training School.
Original title: "Compend of Materia Medica and Therapeutics" (Philadelphia, 1869).
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| Physical Description |
15 vols. ; 23cm |
| Material Type |
Books
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