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Masako Ogawa, the Glossary

was a Japanese medical doctor who worked at the Nagashima Aiseien Sanatorium.^[1]

11 relations: Japan, Kensuke Mitsuda, Leprosy, Mokutaro Kinoshita, Nagashima Aiseien Sanatorium, No Leprosy Patients in Our Prefecture Movement, Okayama Prefecture, Taishō era, Tuberculosis, Waka (poetry), Yamanashi Prefecture.
20th-century Japanese physicians
Japanese leprologists

Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.

was a Japanese leprologist and director of the Tama Zenshoen Sanatorium (1914–1931) and the National Sanatorium Nagashima Aiseien (1931–1957). Masako Ogawa and Kensuke Mitsuda are 20th-century Japanese physicians and Japanese leprologists.

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Leprosy

Leprosy, also known as Hansen's disease (HD), is a long-term infection by the bacteria Mycobacterium leprae or Mycobacterium lepromatosis.

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Mokutaro Kinoshita

was the pen-name of a Japanese author, dramaturge, poet, art historian and literary critic, as well as a licensed doctor specializing in dermatology during Taishō and early Shōwa period Japan. His other pen names included Horikason (堀花村), Chikaisshakusei (地下一尺生), Sounan (葱南) and others. Masako Ogawa and Mokutaro Kinoshita are Japanese leprologists.

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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.

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No Leprosy Patients in Our Prefecture Movement

The, or No Leprosy Patients in Our Prefecture Movement, was a government funded Japanese public health and social movement which began between 1929 and 1934.

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Okayama Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu.

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Taishō era

The was a period in the history of Japan dating from 30 July 1912 to 25 December 1926, coinciding with the reign of Emperor Taishō.

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Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis (TB), also known colloquially as the "white death", or historically as consumption, is an infectious disease usually caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) bacteria.

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