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Koan Ogata (緒方洪庵; August 13 1810 - July 25 1863 ) was a Japanese Physician who lived in the Edo Period .

He is well-known for importing Western medical knowledge into Japan during Japan's isolationist era (see Rangaku ), and for establishing the Tekijuku (適塾) school that later developed into Osaka University in 1938 .


FAMOUS ALUMNI


Alumni of the Tekijuku include Fukuzawa Yukichi , Ōmura Masujirō , Otori Keisuke , Takeda Ayasaburō , and the manga artist Tezuka Osamu 's ancestor Tezuka Ryōan .


BOOKS


He was the author of "Byogakutsũron" (病学通論), which was the first book on Pathology to be published in Japan.


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