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| was | Physician | |
| Work field | Healthcare | |
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| Birth | 11 February 1801, Kanzaki | |
| Death | 20 February 1871Tokyo Prefecture (aged 70 years) |
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Itō Genboku (伊東 玄朴, 11 February 1801 – 2 January 1871) was a Japanese surgeon living during the late Edo Period and early Meiji Era. He was the first surgeon who give cowpox vaccine in Japan.