Taiji Nojima


Taiji Nojima was a Japanese dermatologist at Ooshima Seishoen Sanatorium, for 41 years,.
He attended many international leprosy congresses and visited many overseas leprosy sanatoriums.

History

In 1896, he was born in Hiroshima Prefecture and graduated from Osaka Medical University in 1921. In 1923, he worked at Sotojima Hoyoin Sanatorium. In 1927, he worked at Ooshima Seishoen Sanatorium. In 1932, he became a Ph. D. 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. In 1956, he attended a leprosy congress in Rome at his own expense by ship and reported the leprosy condition in Japan. 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.

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