Introduction: Weaving Germany and Japan together with the Thread of Medical Science -- Same Bed, Different Dreams -- Borrowed Hands: German Physicians' Teaching of Medical Education in Meiji Japan -- Socialized Intellect: Intellectual and Communal Journeys of Japanese Doctors in Germany -- Bedazzled and Bewildered: Cultural Journeys of Japanese Students in Germany -- Japan through the Stethoscope: German Physicians as Anthropologists of Meiji Japan -- Promises and Perils of Encounters: Influences of German Medicine in Japan -- Epilogue: Fatal Affinities? The Long-term Legacies of German-Japanese Medical Relations
Summary
Transnational history at its finest, Doctors of Empire not only illuminates the German origins of modern medical science in Japan but also reinterprets the nature of German imperialism in East Asia."--Pub. desc
