Takekichi Sugai


Takekichi Sugai was a Japanese dermatologist. He was the first chief doctor at Sotojima Hoyoen Sanatorium and wrote many papers on leprosy. Sotojima Hoyoen was a public leprosy sanatorium present in Osaka Prefecture between 1909 and 1934.

Life

He was born in 1871, in Kyoto Prefecture. After qualification as a pharmacist in 1890, he studied at Saisei Gakusha, a private medical school and was qualified as a physician in 1892. He worked in Toyama Prefecture, and Osaka Prefecture. In 1897, he studied pathology at University of Tokyo under Professor Yamagiwa. In September 1898, he went to the Yoikuin Hospital Tokyo, two months after Kensuke Mitsuda. In 1903, he taught pathology, forensic medicine and psychiatry at Osaka Higher Medical school. In 1909, he became the chief doctor at the recommendation of the school. In October 1910, he published his studies on immunology in a German journal and became a Ph. D. In July, 1923, he retired from the sanatorium, and died in Feb. 1944.

Papers