Onchi Medical School

In 1875, Western medicine (the so-called seven Western subjects) was added to the medical practitioner license exam, and traditional Chinese medicine doctors were no longer recognized in the system. This triggered a movement to preserve traditional Chinese medicine doctors. One of these was the establishment of the Onchi-sha, which was established on March 10, 1879, by Tokyo traditional Chinese medicine doctor Yamada Norihiro and others, who gathered together their comrades and called for support from all over the country, publishing a journal called Onchi-i-dan, and further establishing the Japanese and Chinese medicine training center (later the Onchi Medical School) to train the next generation of doctors and further developing the movement. The first president was Yamada Narihiro, the second president was Asada Sohaku, and the third president was Asai Tokutaro (national executive director). The organization had 18 branches across the country and was very enthusiastic, but the government's policy did not change and the organization's influence gradually weakened. Finally, on January 20, 1887, a national convention was held to discuss the organization's continued existence. The organization attempted to rebuild by having members share the debts and closing the hospital, but the organization's journal ceased publication after the 105th issue (1889) and it was dissolved.

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…1875年医師開業試験科目として西洋医学(いわゆる西洋七科)が課せられ，漢方医が制度上実質的に認められなくなったのに端を発して漢方医存続運動が起こった。その一つが温知社の設立で，79年3月10日に東京の漢方医山田業広らが同志をつのって東京に設立して全国に呼びかけ，機関誌《温知医談》を発行，さらに後進の育成のために和漢医学講習所(のちの温知医学校)を設置して運動を展開した。初代社主は山田業広，2代浅田宗伯，3代浅井篤太郎(国幹)と続き，全国に分社18を数えて意気盛んであったが，政府の既定方針は変わらず，しだいにその勢力を弱め，ついに87年1月20日全国大会を開催してその存続を討議するようになり，負債を会員有志が分担し病院を閉鎖するなどして再建をはかろうとしたが，機関誌は105号で廃刊(1889)となり解散した。…

※「温知医学校」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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