Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-12-08
'IiSSERTS This CITY |
LEADS IN MEDICINE.
=, Isamu ogawa Here to Get
uospitaI Data to Take Back
to Manchuria
rooK COURSE AT PENN

American medical schools are the
s,ost in the world, In the opinion OF
n. rsomu Orawn. head Of the japanese
o,a Gross Hospital at Mukden. Man
,hrrIo who ia n student at the Gradu-
..,o School of Medicine of the Univcr-
div Of Pennsylvania.
Dr. ogawa has been in Philadelphia
.,-sr months on a three years tour
,round the world during which he is
,h,orbing the knowledge of tho most fa =
-ors medical institutions to take back
~ China :.
"Japanesc medical students" said DR..
o,,va "like many Of America, have
,,rays thought post graduate work
,ouId be taken nowhere but in Ger
AMY, But I have come to realize we
have been wrong.
Praise for Philadelphia
"America. and especially Philadelphia.
,sors the finest graduate medical work
). no attained In the world, and when
% back TO Japan and China | Ger
tsnly nm going to make that fact
known.
oripnt are seeking knowledge of dges-
tlre diseases more than anything else.
"JTntil after the Russian Japanese
War" said DR.. Ogawa. digestive dis
orders we're virtually unknown TO the
J,psnese because they had always lived
On plain. simple foods.
"The war introduced canned meats,
and since then there has been a grad
nal increase in the consumption of meat
and wheat products.
NNIeat was almost an unknown food
before the Russian japanese War, and
since the late war it has become one of
The most popular.
DR.. Ogawa said the most impressive
feature Of the American medical schools
Is the splendid organization Of the insti-
tutions. The high standard of the fac
ulty. he said is also another notable
feature. He believes this has increased
since the war.
Heads Large Hospital
The hospital of which DIR. Ogawa Is
the head Is the largest in Manchuria and
the oldest of any consequence. Before
the japanese took their medical knowl-
edge into Manchuria, he said, there
we're no hospitals at all except few
small institutions along the railroads,
which were really dressing stations for
accident cases.
Dr.. Ogawa told of a peculiar custom
In China Of expressing thanks to the
Doctor for recovery from a disease or
the success of an operation.
He said after the patient is cured
be has large wooden tablet made,
bearing suitable inscription, and this
Is taken to the hospital and hung near
the gate.
He said one of his patients upon
whom he had performed an operation.
brought tablet to the hospital that
required twenty-six men to carry
Studied Under Prof. Colman
DR.. Ogawa graduated from a medical
tchool in Fukuoka. Japan, about
fifteen years ago. lie has been study
Ing in Philadelphia with Prof. Colman,
Of the University of Pennsylvania.
His specialization work has just been
completed and he sails December 13 for
England. After tour of European
medical centcrs he will return to his
hospital early in 1923. He is surgeon
Of the japanese Army having the rank
Of lieutenant colonel.
Although he said Japan has fine in
stitutions Of medical instruction, they
cannot compare with those of America.
The foremost japanese school Is the
Imperial University at Toxic.