Development of Hygieiology in Modern Japan: Focusing on S. KITASATO and His Disciples

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K01115
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Sociology/History of science and technology
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Ishihara Aeka 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 教授 (80317289)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 大西 成明 東京造形大学, 造形学部, 教授 (10585996)
• Research Collaborator: MORI Takayuki 北里柴三郎記念室, 事務長 ; OKUBO Mihoko 北里柴三郎記念室 ; KAMEGAI Seiichi 目黒寄生虫館, 事務長 ; VOGEL Klaus , ドレスデン衛生博物館長 ; ROESSIGER Susanne ドレスデン衛生博物館, 学芸員 ; ENKE Ulrike マールブルク大学, 附属ベーリング文書館(医学史)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 北里柴三郎 / 宮島幹之助 / 北島多一 / 高木友枝 / 秦佐八郎 / ムラージュ（蝋製医学標本） / 宮入慶之助 / 日独医学交流

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research project mainly focused on analysis of primary documents concerning S. KITASATO and his disciples at archives and museums. The following are the results of the project: (1) two co-authored papers in German on T. KITASSHIMA, S. KITASATO’s heir, published through the collaboration with a researcher at the University of Marburg; (2) three invited talks in Germany on the academic achievements and the significances of S. KITASATO’s discipes: i.e., M. MIYAJIMA, a parasitologist, who got involved in the International Hygiene Exhibition in Dresden in 1911, another parasitologist K. MIYAIRI, and T.TAKAKI, who contributed to the dissemination of hygieology in Taiwan.; (3) serial articles for a dermatological journal on the history of attempts to overcome infectious and parasitic diseases; (4) a monograph on the contacts and communication of medical science (particularly regarding dermatology) between modern Japan and Germany, including S. HATA’s research on syphilis.

Free Research Field

ドイツ文学および近代科学史