or Kō Yasuda was a Japanese

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who became the first director of

Amami Wakoen Sanatorium Amami Wakōen Sanatorium, or National Sanatorium Amami Wakōen is a sanatorium for leprosy or ex-leprosy patients in Amami-shi, Kagoshima-ken, Japan starting in 1943. In 2008, there were 56 almost healthy residents and their average age was about ...

, a leprosy sanatorium in Amami Ōshima,

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. He was drafted into military service and died in

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in 1943.

Life

*He was born in 1907 in Wakayama Prefecture and graduated from

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and qualified as a physician in 1932. He worked at Sotojima Hoyoen and

Oku-Komyo-En Sanatorium Oku-Kōmyō-En Sanatorium (光明園), or National Sanatorium Oku-Kōmyō-En is a sanatorium for leprosy and ex-leprosy patients on the island of Nagashima, Oku-machi, Setouchi, Okayama, Japan. The same island holds the National Sanatorium Naga ...

. In April 1943, he was appointed to be a doctor soldier with the first director of

. In August 1943, he was drafted and died on September 7, 1943, in China during war.

Works

*The following works were presented in the Congresses of the Japanese Leprosy Association. *Statistics of eye disease in leprosy patients, the eyesight of leprosy patients and the effect of trachoma, Reported at 1933 Japanese Leprosy Congress. *Effects of aurothio.natrium on eye disease. 1934 Japanese Leprosy Congress. *Puncture of anterior chamber in acute leprous inflammation. 1935 Japanese Leprosy Congress. *Detection of leprosy bacilli in chamber fluid. 1936 Japanese Leprosy Congress *Treatment of ulcer of cornea. 1937 Japanese Leprosy Congress. *Intraocular pressure in leprosy patients. 1939 Japanese Leprosy Congress. *Color blindness seen in a leprosy patient. 1941 Japanese Leprosy Congress.

On the draft

*Yasuda was drafted before the completion of

. It was recorded that the Ministry of Army forgot the previous agreement by the Ministries of Army and Welfare that the first director of the sanatorium should not be drafted into military service.Records of Sotojima Hoyoen, (26-27) p29. Sakurai H. Kaede. 1969.

References

*Hikari Aoguhi Arubeshi. 50 years of Amami Wakoen Sanatorium, 1993. C0021 P3600E *The records of Sotojima Hoyoen Sanatorium. (1-44), Sakurai H. Kaede, 1968-1971.

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Yasuda Koh Japanese leprologists Japanese leper hospital administrators Japanese ophthalmologists People from Wakayama Prefecture 1907 births 1943 deaths