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Itō Genboku
Itō
Genboku
was a
Japanese
surgeon
and
Rangaku
expert
living
during the late
Edo period
and early
Meiji era
. He was the first surgeon to
give
a
cowpox
vaccine
in
Japan
, between
1858
and
1860
.
Itō Genboku's
offices
were later
expanded
into the
foundations
of the
incipient
University of Tokyo Institute of Medical Science
.