Background
He was born at a Buddhist temple on January 26, 1905 in Takayama, Gifu Prefecture.
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Hakaru Miyagawa
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Career
He became a Christian later. After graduation from Chiba Prefectural Horticulture School, he worked at Zensho Hospital. He later went to Nagashima Aiseien Sanatorium following Kensuke Mitsuda.
In 1938, he was appointed the first manager of Okinawa Airakuen Sanatorium.
In 1941, he worked at Hoshizuka Keiaien Sanatorium and later at Nagashima Aiseien Sanatorium. On September 3, 1949 he died.
As a graduate of Chiba Horticulture School, he worked for the greening of the hospitals, and it was said that all trees at Nagashima Aiseien Sanatorium were transplanted except pine trees. At the Zenshoen Hospital, he was one of the five active men, following Fumio Hayashi, Einosuke Shionuma, Isamu Tajiri and Kouzou Fujita.
He was appointed the first manager of Okinawa Airakuen Sanatorium and started with digging wells.
Miyagawa recorded valuable medieval leprosy records, among which was a medical certificate of Nishiyama Naka (not real name) at age 37 on November 1, 1881 by Misao Kusuda. Medical Certificate. Nishiyama Naka, age 37. Constitution: medium.
Cause: unknown.
Dignosis: Lepra(例布羅). Symptoms: Extremities were paralyzed. Muscles and Joints; Bleeding and Pustulating.
Coughing was severe.
Course:10 years. Treatment: none. Prognosis: poor. Diagnosing Doctor:Misao Kusuda.
She was born to a rich man in Yamato-Takaichi-gun, and possessed land. She died in 1916 as the last inhabitant of the Nishiyama Komyoin.
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Born
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Nationality
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Religion
Christian