title: [Soeda Gensyun; the official doctor of the Tokugawa Court, its medicine and medical activity].
abstract: Soeda Genshun was one of 83 founders of the Otamagaike Vaccination Institution. This paper summarizes his biography, based on Soeda Genshun's diary. Soeda Genshun, was born in 1826, served in Igakukan, Seiyo Igakusho and Igakusho as the official doctor. He furnished some money for the establishment of the Otamagaike Vaccination Institution and then served as the vaccinator. Soeda's medicine transfered gradually to Dutch medicine from Kanran Secchu Igaku.
authors.forename: Yasuaki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukase
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D007564:Japan; D014611:Vaccination / Q000266:history