was a Japanese surgeon and professor.

Biography

Sato was born in 1857, the third son of

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member Satō Tadasaburō. After his father died in 1871, he moved to Tokyo and entered a private school run by

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( 司馬凌海). Sato attended

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, learning surgery under the guidance of

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before graduating in 1882. Sato then studied abroad with

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in Germany. In 1887, he became professor of Imperial University, and medical center director of attached hospital. In 1898, he founded the

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with Tsugishige Kondo. In 1918, he became president of Tokyo University Faculty of Medicine. He was one of the first Japanese surgeons to make use of

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in surgical practice. In 1921, he was named emeritus professor of Tokyo University, and became a member of the House of Peers.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sato, Sankichi Japanese surgeons 1857 births 1943 deaths Academic staff of the University of Tokyo