title: [Pharmacists (Yakuzaikan) in the Japanese Military System during the Meiji period].
abstract: The medical organization in the Japanese Army and the activity of army pharmacists during the Meiji period (1868-1912) are described. The army pharmacists worked to not only prepare medicines in the pharmacies of military hospitals, but also were in charge of supplying and maintaining medical machinery, equipment and other materials including bandages, gauzes, etc. used by the army troops. Basically, the responsibilities for these tasks have been passed on to the present self Defense Force pharmacists. Some army pharmacists went to Germany with the aide of governmental scholarships or at their own expense to study advanced pharmacy during Meiji period. The first army clinic was founded in Meiji 1 (1868), and the number of army hospitals increased to a total of 87 in all Japanese territories including Korea, Manchuria, Taiwan and South Sakhalin in Meiji 43 (1910). The number of Japanese army doctors and pharmacists working in the Meiji period, as well as their titles, are also reported. The activities of army pharmacists during the Meiji period are more specifically clarified as well.
authors.affiliation: Japan Ground Self Defense Force Medical School, 1-2-24 Ikejiri, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo 154-8566.
authors.forename: Norihiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Horiguchi
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006772:Hospitals, Military / Q000266:history; D007564:Japan; D008887:Military Medicine / Q000266:history*; D010595:Pharmacists / Q000266:history*