Gastroenterology - shoukaika

Japanese: 消化器科 - しょうかきか

This refers to the branch of medicine that treats and studies diseases of the internal organs related to digestion and absorption. It is also called gastroenterology, a name that is still widely used in Europe and the United States today. In Japan, the first specialized hospital was the Gastroenterological Hospital, which opened in Tokyo in 1896, and Natsume Soseki, who suffered from stomach ulcers, was also hospitalized there. The Gastroenterological Research Society, founded in 1898 by Nagayo Shokichi (1866-1910), the director of the hospital, was renamed the Japanese Society of Gastroenterology in 1902, and was renamed the Japanese Gastroenterological Association after World War II.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

消化吸収に関係する内臓の病気を診療し研究する医学の部門をいう。胃腸科gastroenterologyとも呼ばれ，今日でも欧米ではこの名称が多く用いられている。日本では1896年に東京に開設された胃腸病院が最初の専門病院で，胃潰瘍に悩まされた夏目漱石も入院している。同病院長の長与称吉(1866‐1910)が1898年に創始した胃腸病研究会は，1902年に日本消化機病学会と改称され，第2次世界大戦後に日本消化器病学会と改められた。

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