[Ryoun Takamatsu (1837-1916). The first Japanese physician to have studies modern medicine in France].

: Ryoun Takamatsu, born in Japan in 1837, was a member of the delegation to the Universal Exposition 1867 in Paris. He worked as a trainee in the Hotel-Dieu of Paris. After returning to Japan, he practiced and spread the modern technical and spiritual cares and cures he had learnt in France.