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Provision of medical care to the wounded of the cruiser "Varyag" by the Japanese Red Cross Society (On the 120th anniversary of the end of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905)
https://doi.org/10.30629/0023-2149-2025-103-12-936-941
Abstract
The article examines the activities of the Japanese Red Cross Society (JRCS) in organizing and providing medical care to wounded sailors of the cruiser “Varyag”. The conducted archival search made it possible to see not only the general nature and the volume of medical work, nursing care, but also the sanitary conditions of stay, as well as measures for the rehabilitation of wounded Russian sailors. The authors claim that Japanese specialists provided the wounded ones with sufficiently qualified and compassionate care. The article provides examples of individual cases of treatment. The authors argue that the medical side of this issue directly intersected with the political goals of the Japanese side to become a “great” power, and the JRCS was an instrument for implementing the tasks set.
About the Authors
V. V. Gonchar
Postgraduate Institute for Public Health Workers
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vladimir V. Gonchar — Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor, Department of Dentistry
Khabarovsk
V. D. Povolotsky
Postgraduate Institute for Public Health Workers
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Vladimir D. Povolotsky — Orientalist-philologist, Russian-Japanese interpreter
Khabarovsk
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Gonchar V.V., Povolotsky V.D. Provision of medical care to the wounded of the cruiser "Varyag" by the Japanese Red Cross Society (On the 120th anniversary of the end of the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–1905). Clinical Medicine (Russian Journal). 2025;103(12):936-941. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30629/0023-2149-2025-103-12-936-941
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