Background
In 1896, he was born in Hiroshima Prefecture and graduated from Osaka Medical University ( now Osaka University) in 1921.
野島 泰治
In 1896, he was born in Hiroshima Prefecture and graduated from Osaka Medical University ( now Osaka University) in 1921.
He attended many international leprosy congresses and visited many overseas leprosy sanatoriums. In 1956, he attended a leprosy congress in Rome at his own expense by ship and reported the leprosy condition in Japan.
In 1923, he worked at Sotojima Hoyoin Sanatorium. In 1927, he worked at Ooshima Seishoen Sanatorium. In 1932, he became a Ph.
Doctorate. with studies on the serum reactions in leprosy.
In 1934, he became the director of Ooshima Seishoen Sanatorium. In 1937, he was the president of the 10th Congress of the Japanese Leprosy Association at Takamatsu.
Since then, he visited many leprosy sanatoriums throughout the world and reported his experiences through various means in Japan. In 1969, he retired. On March 3, 1970, he died.
. He criticized the opinions of Noboru Ogasawara at congresses.
He was regarded of the Kensuke Mitsuda school. In his essay, he recommended Kensuke Mitsuda for an Order of Cultural Merits.