The way medical practitioners have built their careers has long been a central concern in discourse surrounding the development of modern medicine. Yet practitioners were hardly homogeneous, and it remains unclear how to best describe the diverse realities and experiences that shaped their professional lives. This book directly engages with this problem by examining a wide range of medical women within the Japanese Empire, drawing on an extensive body of historical sources. In doing so, it brings into view the complexity of women’s medical careers across multiple occupational categories—not only for both physicians and nurses, but also for district nurses and nutritionists.
