Masayuki Kawamura

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Masayuki Kawamura (河村 正之 Kawamura Masayuki, May 1, 1878 July 28, 1933) was a Japanese physician who worked at Kikuchi Keifuen Sanatorium between 1909 and 1933. He was the first physician-director of the sanatorium which like other public sanitoriums would normally have been run by police officials from local stations.

Masayuki Kawamura
Born May 1, 1878
Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan
Died July 28, 1933
Nationality Japan
Occupation Physician
Known for The first director of Kikuchi Keifuen Sanatorium (1909 -), Studies on leprosy


Life and work

Masayuki Kawamura was born in Fukuoka Prefecture on May 1, 1878. He graduated from Tokyo University and in 1909 he became the first director of Kikuchi Keifuen Sanatorium on the recommendation of Prof. Masanori Ogata of the department of Sanitary Sciences at Tokyo University. In 1926-7, he traveled to Fjerritslev in Denmark,visiting various places including a trip to the Bergen Sanatorium in Norway. He was awarded a Doctorate from Kumamoto University in 1932. He died suddenly of penetrating peritonitis during a visit to the Tsuetate hot spring in Kumamoto Prefecture on July 28, 1933.

Papers and presentations

The following were by Masayuki Kawamura:

Personal life

He was sincere and was popular among leprosy patients. He liked Waka (poetry), Haiku, Japanese calligraphy and drawing pictures and enjoyed waka and haiku with patients. When he died suddenly, patients composed many Bon Buddhist dance songs.

References

  1. The use of Tetrodotoxin in leprosy (1912) Kawamura M et al. Chizei IIkai Jiho, 141.
  2. "On the leprosy settlement (Honmyoji buraku) in Kumamoto" (1933). Kawamura M, Uchida M, Shimose H. Repura 4,1,228.
  3. "On the treatment of leprosy as a social problem". Kawamura M, Uchida M. Repura. Kawamra M, et al. Repura, 4,1.
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