Kensuke Mitsuda

Kensuke Mitsuda (光田 健輔 Mitsuda Kensuke, January 12, 1876 – May 14, 1964) was a Japanese leprologist and director of the Tama Zenshoen Sanatorium (1914–1931) and the National Sanatorum Nagashima Aiseien (1931–1957). He had been at the frontier of leprosy policy of Japan. He was given the Order of Cultural Merits (1951) and Damien-Dutton Award (1961). He has been the cause of admiration from one side, and the target of criticism from the other.

Kensuke Mitsuda
Born January 12, 1876
Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan
Died May 14, 1964
Nationality Japan
Occupation Physician, Director of Sanatoriums
Known for Leprosy researches (pathology), Lepromin reaction, (Mitsuda reaction), Segregation of leprosy patients

Life

Early life

Tama Zenshoen Hospital

National Sanatorium Nagashima Aiseien

Criticisms

Pathology

Immunology

Importance of the Mitsuda (lepromin) Reaction

Representative Papers of Mitsuda

Notes

  1. Yamamoto S. History of leprosy in Japan. University of Tokyo Press, 1993
  2. Mitsuda K: Atlas of Leprosy 1952 A study of 150 autopsies on cases of leprosy. Mitsuda K, Ogawa M. Int J Leprosy. 5,1,1937
  3. Mitsuda K The significance of skin tests using leprosy nodule extracts. Jpn J Dermatol Urolog 19, 8, 1919.
  4. Sato S Outlook of The Third International Leprosy Congress, Papers on Leprosy (2) by Kensuke Mitsuda, 1950
  5. Hayashi F. Mitsuda's skin reaction in leprosy Intern J Lepr 1:31-38, 1933.

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