Fumio Hayashi

Background

On November 26, he was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido.

Education

He helped with Kensuke Mitsuda, and completed the first lepromin test or Mitsuda skin test. In 1926, he graduated from Hokkaido University. In 1931, Doctor of Philosophy with" skin reaction in leprosy".

Career

He worked in Tama Zenshoen Sanatorium, Nagashima Aiseien Sanatorium, Hoshizuka Keiaien Sanatorium and Ooshima Seishoen Sanatorium. In 1930, he read a paper on lepromin test at a leprosy conference in Bangkok. In 1931, chief doctor in Nagashima Aiseien Sanatorium.

In 1935, the director of Hoshizuka Keiaien Sanatorium.

In 1944, the director of Ooshima Seishoen Sanatorium. On July 18, 1947, he died.

The skin reaction in leprosy, ⅠⅡⅢ, Tokyo Iji Shinshi, 2661,On February 15, 1930. Kensuke Mitsuda wrote in 1919 his first paper on lepromin test, also called Mitsuda"s skin test later.

But he regarded himself a pathologist and not an immunologist, so, he wanted other researchers of leprosy who came under him to complete lieutenant

Among other researchers, Fumio Hayashi completed lieutenant Hayashi read a paper on it at a leprosy conference at Bangkok. Masao Ota, a dermatologist who also studied leprosy, was very much impressed by the paper, and tried to publish International Journal of Leprosy.

Hayashi"s paper was in its first issue.

Achievements

• The skin reaction in leprosy, ⅠⅡⅢ, Tokyo Iji Shinshi, 2661,On February 15, 1930. The course of leprosy and the Mitsuda skin test. Tokyo Iji Shinshi, 2737,1931. The course of patients, whose Mitsuda skin tests were problematic 10 years ago. Tokyo Iji Shinshi, 3156, 1939. Personal view on the classification of leprosy. Repura 14, 3, May, 1943. Mitsuda"s reaction, Nisshin Igaku 33,3,1943. An around-the-world trip of leprosy institutions. (Book) The history of leprosy on Nauru. Rinsho Igaku, 28,10,1944. Mitsuda"s skin reaction in leprosy. Hayashi F. International J Lepr 1, 31-38,1933.

Membership

In 1933, made an around the world trip of leprosy hospitals and sanatoriums as an inspecting member of the League of Nations.