1876: The Ministry of Home Affairs announced that passing examinations of the six subjects of Western medicine would be necessary to start medical practice (except that Kampo doctors were allowed to continue working in their lifetime without passing the examination).
1876年：新たに医業を行うには洋方六科試験合格が必要となることを内務省が通達（ただし、漢方医は一代限り既得権を認める）。