Nakachi Kijin

Nakachi Pekumi Kijin (仲地 親雲上 紀仁; 3 February 1789 – 7 April 1859) was a scholar-bureaucrat, medical doctor and surgeon of the Ryūkyū Kingdom. He was the first surgeon on Okinawa to give vaccinations against cowpox.

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Nakachi Kijin

Nakachi Pekumi Kijin (仲地 親雲上 紀仁; 3 February 1789 – 7 April 1859) was a scholar-bureaucrat, medical doctor and surgeon of the Ryūkyū Kingdom. He was the first surgeon on Okinawa to give vaccinations against cowpox.

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