Toshikazu Wakatsuki

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Toshikazu Wakatsuki
若月俊一
Wakatsuki in 1953
Born(1910-06-26)June 26, 1910
Japan
DiedAugust 22, 2006(2006-08-22) (aged 96)
SpouseTsugie Takahashi
Children2

Toshikazu Wakatsuki (若月俊一, Wakatsuki Toshikazu, June 26, 1910 – August, 2006) 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.[1] 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.[citation needed] He died of pneumonia in August 2006, at the age of 96.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Wakatsuki, Toshikazu". Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  2. ^ Nagami, Hiroshi (2010). "Historical Perspective of Pesticide Poisoning in Japan and Measures Taken by the Japanese Association of Rural Medicine". Journal of Rural Medicine. 5 (1): 129–133. doi:10.2185/jrm.5.129. PMC 4309314. PMID 25649320.
  3. ^ "Obituary: Toshikazu Wakatsuki". The Japan Times. 23 August 2006. Retrieved 22 May 2017.