Satō Sankichi
Satō Sankichi (佐藤 三吉, December 30, 1857—June 17, 1947) was a Japanese surgeon and professor.
Biography
[edit]Sato was born in 1857, the third son of Ōgaki Domain member Satō Tadasaburō. After his father died in 1871, he moved to Tokyo and entered a private school run by Shiba Ryōkai (司馬凌海).
Sato attended Tokyo University, learning surgery under the guidance of Julius Scriba before graduating in 1882. Sato then studied abroad with Aoyama Tanemichi in Germany.[1] In 1887, he became professor of Imperial University, and medical center director of attached hospital. In 1898, he founded the Japan Surgical Society with Tsugishige Kondo.[2] In 1918, he became president of Tokyo University Faculty of Medicine. He was one of the first Japanese surgeons to make use of antiseptics in surgical practice.
In 1921, he was named emeritus professor of Tokyo University, and became a member of the House of Peers.
References
[edit]- ^ Nakamura, Kozo (March 2006). "Professor Yoshinori Tashiro's contribution to Orthopedic Surgery". Journal of Orthopaedic Science. 11 (2): 115–117. doi:10.1007/s00776-006-1001-5. PMC 2780602. PMID 16568381.
- ^ Mishima, Yoshio (2006). "The dawn of surgery in Japan, with special reference to the german society for surgery". Surgery Today. 36 (5): 395–402. doi:10.1007/s00595-005-3157-6. PMID 16633743. S2CID 25370383. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
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