was a Japanese physician and
leprologist. He worked in
Tama Zenshoen Sanatorium
Tama Zenshōen Sanatorium, or National Sanatorium Tama Zenshōen, is a sanatorium for leprosy or ex-leprosy patients situated in Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan starting in 1909.
History Background
The Japanese Government promulgated the first lepro ...
,
Nagashima Aiseien Sanatorium,
Hoshizuka Keiaien Sanatorium and
Ooshima Seishoen Sanatorium. He helped with
Kensuke Mitsuda was a Japanese leprologist and director of the Tama Zenshoen Sanatorium (1914–1931) and the National Sanatorium Nagashima Aiseien (1931–1957). He had been at the frontier of leprosy policy of Japan. He was given the Order of Cultural Merits (1 ...
, and completed the first
lepromin The lepromin skin test is used to determine what type of leprosy a person is infected with. It involves the injection of a standardized extract of the inactivated "''leprosy bacillus''" (''Mycobacterium leprae'' or "Hansen's bacillus") under the ski ...
test or Mitsuda skin test.
Life
He was born November 26, 1900 in
Sapporo
( ain, サッ・ポロ・ペッ, Satporopet, lit=Dry, Great River) is a city in Japan. It is the largest city north of Tokyo and the largest city on Hokkaido, the northernmost main island of the country. It ranks as the fifth most populous city ...
,
Hokkaido
is Japan's second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost prefecture, making up its own region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; the two islands are connected by the undersea railway Seikan Tunnel.
The la ...
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He graduated from
Hokkaido University
, or , is a Japanese national university in Sapporo, Hokkaido. It was the fifth Imperial University in Japan, which were established to be the nation's finest institutions of higher education or research. Hokkaido University is considered ...
in 1926.
He read a paper on lepromin test at a leprosy conference in
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...
in 1930.
He received his Ph.D. in 1931 with a dissertation "skin reaction in leprosy".
In 1931 he became chief doctor in
Nagashima Aiseien Sanatorium.
In 1933 made an around the world trip of leprosy hospitals and sanatoriums as an inspecting member of the
League of Nations
The League of Nations (french: link=no, Société des Nations ) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that ...
.
In 1935 he became the director of
Hoshizuka Keiaien Sanatorium, and in 1944 he became the director of
Ooshima Seishoen Sanatorium.
He died on July 18, 1947.
Publications
*The skin reaction in leprosy, I II III, Tokyo Iji Shinshi, 2661, On Feb 15, 1930.
*The course of leprosy and the Mitsuda skin test. Tokyo Iji Shinshi, 2737,1931.
*The course of patients, whose Mitsuda skin tests were problematic 10 years ago. Tokyo Iji Shinshi, 3156, 1939.
*Personal view on the classification of leprosy. Repura 14, 3, May, 1943.
*Mitsuda's reaction, Nisshin Igaku 33,3,1943.
*An around-the-world trip of leprosy institutions. (Book)
*The history of leprosy on Nauru. Rinsho Igaku, 28,10,1944.
*Mitsuda's skin reaction in leprosy. Hayashi F. Int J Lepr 1, 31-38,1933.
Lepromin test
Kensuke Mitsuda was a Japanese leprologist and director of the Tama Zenshoen Sanatorium (1914–1931) and the National Sanatorium Nagashima Aiseien (1931–1957). He had been at the frontier of leprosy policy of Japan. He was given the Order of Cultural Merits (1 ...
wrote in 1919 his first paper on lepromin test, also called Mitsuda's skin test later.
[The value of a skin test with the emulsion of nodules of leprosy (1919), ]Kensuke Mitsuda was a Japanese leprologist and director of the Tama Zenshoen Sanatorium (1914–1931) and the National Sanatorium Nagashima Aiseien (1931–1957). He had been at the frontier of leprosy policy of Japan. He was given the Order of Cultural Merits (1 ...
, Nihon Hifuka Hinyokika Gakkai Zasshi, 19,697-708. But he regarded himself a pathologist and not an immunologist, so, he wanted other researchers of leprosy who came under him to complete it. Among other researchers, Fumio Hayashi completed it. Hayashi read a paper on it at a leprosy conference at Bangkok.
Masao Ota, a dermatologist who also studied leprosy, was very much impressed by the paper, and tried to publish International Journal of Leprosy. Hayashi's paper was in its first issue.
References
*Papers on leprosy. No 4. Papers by Fumio Hayashi(1951) Okayama. (Hayashi's 12 papers are included)
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Japanese leprologists
1900 births
1947 deaths