Fumio Hayashi (doctor)
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Fumio Hayashi | |
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| Born | November 26, 1900 |
| Died | July 18, 1947 (aged 46) |
| Occupations | Physician, Director of leper hospitals |
| Known for | Completion of lepromin reaction or Mitsuda reaction |
Fumio Hayashi (林 文雄, Hayashi Fumio; November 26, 1900 – July 18, 1947) was a Japanese physician and leprologist. He worked in Tama Zenshoen Sanatorium, Nagashima Aiseien Sanatorium, Hoshizuka Keiaien Sanatorium and Ooshima Seishoen Sanatorium. He helped with Kensuke Mitsuda, and completed the first lepromin test or Mitsuda skin test.
He was born November 26, 1900, in Sapporo, Hokkaido. He graduated from Hokkaido University in 1926. He read a paper on lepromin test at a leprosy conference in Bangkok in 1930. He received his Ph.D. in 1931 with a dissertation "skin reaction in leprosy".
In 1931 he became chief doctor in Nagashima Aiseien Sanatorium. In 1933 made an around the world trip of leprosy hospitals and sanatoriums as an inspecting member of the League of Nations. In 1935 he became the director of Hoshizuka Keiaien Sanatorium, and in 1944 he became the director of Ooshima Seishoen Sanatorium.
He died on July 18, 1947.
