英文摘要 |
With reference to the diary written by Mataro Nagayo, this article traces and analyzes the medical history of Taiwan and the development of medical education in Japanese colonial Taiwan. Mataro Nagayo (1878-1941) was the third son born to Sensai Nagayo. In 1904, he graduated from the Medical College of the Tokyo Imperial University. After training in the Department of Pathology at the Tokyo Imperial University, he furthered his studies in pathology at the Freiburg University under Rudolph Aschoff from 1907 to 1909. He obtained his M.D. in 1911 and was appointed professor in Pathology at the Tokyo Imperial University in the same year. He had been the director of the Institute of Infectious Disease and the president of the Cancer Society. He served as the Dean of Faculty of Medicine from 1933 to 1934 and as the President of the Tokyo Imperial University from 1934 to 1938. In 1936, he was elected fellow of the Imperial Academy. Mataro Nagayo died on Aug 16, 1941. Mataro Nagayo began writing his personal diary on Jan 1, 1892 at the age of 15. The surviving diary of Mataro Nagayo, owned by his family, spanned from Aug 17, 1893 to Aug 15, 1941. The diary was first serially released in periodicals between 1983 and 1992, and the 'Diary of Mataro Nagayo' was eventually published in 2000-2001. Through examining the historical materials of the Japanese colonial era as narrated by Mataro Nagayo in his personal journals, this article addresses issues including (1) the establishment of the Faculty of Medicine, Taihoku Imperial University, (2) the events leading to resignation of Tadao Yanaihara, and (3) collaboration with Dr. J. Heng Liu from China and with the League of Nations Health Organization. |