In addition to founding St. Luke 's international Hospital in Tokyo in 1902 , Teusler is renowned for establishing the first professional training school for nurses in Japan , with his superintendent of nurses , Iyo Araki . Due to Teusler 's reputation as a gifted surgeon and skill as an administrator and fundraiser , the hospital grew and expanded rapidly . Teusler 's many supporters in the United States generously contributed for a complete rebuilding of the hospital facilities in the wake if the Great Kantō earthquake in 1923 . Teusler was also a far sighted hospital administrator ; by always choosing to surround himself with western-trained Japanese staff such as Dr. Kawase Motokuro and Araki Iyo as Head Nurse , he ensured that the hospital had a sufficiently Japanese roots to enable it to flourish long after his eventual retirement
Great Kantō earthquake
1923 Great Kantō earthquake
Rudolf Teusler