was a Japanese physician specializing in

leprosy Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a long-term infection by the bacteria ''Mycobacterium leprae'' or ''Mycobacterium lepromatosis''. Infection can lead to damage of the nerves, respiratory tract, skin, and eyes. This nerve damag ...

. He worked at

Nagashima Aiseien Sanatorium The , or the National Sanatorium Nagashima Aiseien, is a sanatorium on the island of Nagashima in Setouchi, Okayama, Japan founded in 1930 for the treatment of leprosy. Currently, only former leprosy patients reside there. History Background In 1 ...

Kikuchi Keifuen Sanatorium Kikuchi Keifuen Sanatorium or National Sanatorium Kikuchi Keifuen is a sanatorium for leprosy patients or ex-leprosy patients at Kohshi-shi, Kumamoto-ken, Japan founded in 1909. The mean age of residents (ex-patients) is about eighty. History Ba ...

and

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 ...

. In 1955, he proposed "acute infiltration" of Tajiri in leprosy.The acute infiltration reaction of lepromatous leprosy. (1955) Tajiri I. Int J Lepr. 23(1):370-84.

Life

He was born in

Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

in 1902, and graduated from Chiba Medical School in 1930. In the same year he started working at

. In 1931, he went to

. He became Ph.D. for his studies on leprosy of the respiratory system. In 1947 he went to

. Between 1958 and 1963, he was the director of

, and later he worked at Tama Zenshoen Sanatorium. He died in 1966.

Published works

*Leprosy of the respiratory system Report 1 Trachea, lung, Chiba Igaku Zasshi, 11,2,1933 *Leprosy of the respiratory system Report 2 Nose, Repura, 5,4,467,1934 *Leprosy of the respiratory system Report 3 Mouth, throat, Repura,6,5,1935 *Leprotic changing in the lung, Int J Lepr 3,4,1935 *Leprosy and childbirth Int J Lepr 4,2,1936 *Acute infiltration of leprosy Int J Lepr 23,370-84,1955

For non-specialists

*(Book）Leprosy medicine for general physicians (1951) Igakushoin, Tokyo. *(Easy medical lectures) Knowledge of Hansen's disease (1955-1960) in Zenkanryo (Patients' organization) Newspapers

In sanatoriums

, he was not only a good clinician, but also helped

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 ...

when various problems arose. He became the director of

after Matsuki Miyazaki. Tajiri started reducing the number of in-patients after the so-called "no-leprosy patient in our prefecture" movement.

Footnotes

References

*The papers of Isamu Tajiri (1969) Kikuchi Keifuen Patients Supporting Society. *Hyakunen no Seiso (2009), profiles of directors. Kikuchi Keifuen Sanatorium, Kohshi, Kumamoto. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tajiri Isamu 1902 births 1966 deaths Physicians from Tokyo Japanese leprologists Japanese leper hospital administrators