Medical Practice Examination Law - Medical Practice Examination Law

...Along these lines, measures were taken to exclude traditional Chinese medicine. In 1876, the Medical Examination Law was enacted, which tested only Western medicine, placing those who had only studied Chinese medicine at a significant disadvantage. Chinese medicine practitioners organized themselves and continued their campaign to legally open the way for those to become doctors through Chinese medicine, but their last hope was dashed when the bill was rejected by the 8th Diet in 1895.

*Some of the terminology used in the Medical Practitioner Examination Act is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…その線にそって，伝統的な漢方医学を排除する施策が重ねられた。すなわち1876年に発布された医術開業試験法は，西洋医学のみについて試験されるために，漢方医学のみを学んだものには著しく不利になる。漢方医たちは組織をつくって，漢方医学によっても医師になる道を法律的に開かせるべく運動をつづけるが，95年第8議会で法案が否決されて最後の希望を断たれた。…

※「医術開業試験法」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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