1838: First Hawaiian-language medical text is published

Dr. Gerrit P. Judd publishes Anatomica, a book about human anatomy written in the Hawaiian language. Judd also translates government and diplomatic papers from English into the Hawaiian language as part of his work as advisor to King Kamehameha III.

In 2003, the University of Hawai‘i Press reprinted Dr. Gerrit P. Judd’s Anatomica.

Theme

Medicine Ways

Region

Hawai‘i