Erwin Bälz
Erwin Otto Eduard von Bälz (German pronunciation: [ˈɛʁviːn ˈʔɔto ˈʔeːdu.aʁt fɔn ˈbɛlts]; 13 January 1849 – 31 August 1913), often simply known as Erwin Bälz (without the noble von particle), was a German internist, anthropologist, and personal physician to the Japanese Imperial Family and cofounder of modern western medicine in Japan. == Biography == The son of a contractor, Bälz was born in 1849 in Bietigheim-Bissingen in Germany.