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Book SynopsisIn Doctors of Empire, Hoi-eun Kim recounts the story of the almost 1,200 Japanese medical students who rushed to German universities to learn cutting-edge knowledge from the world leaders in medicine, and of the dozen German physicians who were invited to Japan to transform the country's medical institutions and education.
Trade Review'An engaging account of intellectual exchange and occasional friction set in the universities, hospitals, boarding houses, and beer halls of two ambitious empires. This tightly structured book covers the origins, evolution, and implications of this intellectual exchange... Outstanding work.' -- Adam T. Roesnbaum German Studies Review vol 39:02:2016 'This excellent book deserves careful attention from modern historians of both countries as well as scholars in the history of medicine.' -- James R. Bartholomew Journal of Japanese Studies vol 42:02:2016 'Doctors of Empire is an illuminating work that shows how imperial relations of power shaped the medical profession in Germany, Japan, and East Asia.' -- Susan L. Burns Medical History vol 59:03:2015 'Hoi-eun-Kim's Doctors of Empire provides a new and welcome addition to the growing literature on Meiji Japan. Scholars have long acknowledged the Meiji fascination with German scientific models of practice; Kim is one of the first to investigate this relationship in detail.' -- John DiMoia Cross-Currents: East Asian History and Cultural Review June 2015
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments A Note on Names Introduction: Weaving Germany and Japan together with the Thread of Medical Science 1. Same Bed, Different Dreams 2. Borrowed Hands: German Physicians' Medical Education in Meiji Japan 3. Socialized Intellect: Intellectual and Communal Journeys of Japanese Doctors in Germany 4. Bedazzled and Bewildered: Cultural Journeys of Japanese Students in Germany 5. Japan through Stethoscope: German Physicians as Anthropologists of Meiji Japan 6. Promises and Perils of Encounters: Influences of German Medicine in Japan Epilogue: Fatal Affinities? The Long-term Legacies of German-Japanese Medical Relations Bibliography
