Although interchanges between Dutch Trading Post's medical officers and Japanese doctors were limited to Dejima or inns for the Dutch officers who visited Edo in attendance with their head, their medical knowledge, along with Dutch books on anatomy and surgery, had a great influence on Japanese medicine.
オランダ商館医官と日本人医師との交流の場は、出島、もしくは商館長に随行して江戸を訪れた際の蘭人宿舎に限定されたが、それでも彼らの医学的知識は、オランダ語の解剖学や外科学の書物とともに、日本の医学に大きな影響を与えた。