Toshikazu Wakatsuki Explained

Toshikazu Wakatsuki
Native Name:若月俊一
Native Name Lang:jp
Birth Date:26 June 1910
Birth Place:Japan
Death Place:Saku Central Hospital
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Spouse:Tsugie Takahashi
Children:2

was a Japanese medical doctor. He received a M.D. from the University of Tokyo in 1936 and a PhD from the same institution in 1947, after imprisonment for anti-war views during World War II. In 1946, Wakatsuki performed Japan's first tubercular spinal caries and also organised its first blood bank.[1] He founded the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine.[2] Wakatsuki was awarded the 1976 Ramon Magsaysay Award for his contributions to rural medicine,[1] as well as the Order of the Rising Sun with Gold and Silver Star in 1981. He died of pneumonia in August 2006, at the age of 96.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Wakatsuki, Toshikazu. Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation. 22 May 2017.
  2. Historical Perspective of Pesticide Poisoning in Japan and Measures Taken by the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine. Hiroshi. Nagami. Journal of Rural Medicine. 5. 1. 2010. 129–133. 10.2185/jrm.5.129. 4309314. 25649320.
  3. News: Obituary: Toshikazu Wakatsuki. The Japan Times. 23 August 2006. 22 May 2017.