The Graduate School of Medicine and the Faculty of Medicine at Osaka University can trace their ancestry to the birthplace of modern medicine in Japan. But far from dwelling on the past, they have grand plans for advancing the frontiers of medical research and education. Osaka University is the sixth oldest national university in Japan. Its origin can be traced back to Tekijyuku, a school established by the physician and scholar Koan Ogata in the late Edo period over 175 years ago. Ogata was a specialist in treating smallpox and is regarded by many as the father of modern medicine in Japan. Students flocked to him to study rangaku-principally scientific subjects introduced to Japan by the then more technologically advanced Western countries. In this way, he nurtured many talented minds, thereby laying the foundations of Osaka University.
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