Shunzō Sugimura (杉村春三 1910–1994) wrote his lifework "leprosy and social welfare" through fieldwork. He worked at
Hoshizuka Keiaien Sanatorium, Manchuria Doukouin Sanatorium and Riddell-Wright Memorial Home for the Aged.
Life
*1910: He was born in
Hakodate
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,
Hokkaido
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.
*1932: He discontinued attending
Kyushu University
, abbreviated to , is a Japanese national university located in Fukuoka, on the island of Kyushu.
It was the 4th Imperial University in Japan, ranked as 4th in 2020 Times Higher Education Japan University Rankings, one of the top 10 Desig ...
because of tuberculosis.
*1940: He worked at
Hoshizuka Keiaien Sanatorium.
*1942: He was given navy-related work.
*1944: He assumed the post of the secretary at Manchuria Leprosy Sanatorium Doukouin.
*1945: He left the Doukouin Sanatorium in August, 1945.
*1947: Part-timer at the leprosy prevention association.
*1951-1959: Director of the Riddell-Wright Memorial Home for the Aged.
*1959-1980: Director of the Jiaien Home for the Aged.
*1994: He died.
His lifework "Leprosy and social welfare"
*He had continued to write this series of studies between 1951 and 1958 in a journal "Keifuh" of
Kikuchi Keifuen Sanatorium. He discontinued writing it by pressure. He characterized the leprosy policy in Japan as "Leprosarium-ism", or "leprosarium-centered" and claimed straightforwardly that this is a great mistake. Through fieldwork, he analyzed how
leprosy stigma
Leprosy stigma is a type of social stigma, a strong negative feeling towards a person with leprosy relating to their moral status in society. It is also referred to as leprosy-related stigma, leprostigma, and stigma of leprosy. Since ancient times ...
is bred, and why social rehabilitation cannot succeed. There are two editions of his book, compiled in 1986 and 2007, the latter of which had more than 580 pages.
Manchuria Leprosy Sanatorium Doukouin
*In 1939, Manchuria State Leprosy Sanatorium Doukouin was established in 1939 and Masashi Namba assumed the post of the second director in January 1940. "It was situated remotely 50 km from Tetsurei. The patients numbered 31, (1 Japanese, 10 Chinese and 20 Koreans). In 1944, patients increased to 117. At the order of Manchuria Army, Sugimura returned to Tetsurei with his wife and baby, and there was a tragic end of the sanatorium. At great risk, he visited the sanatorium on two occasions and found the sanatorium had become completely ruined and one Japanese boy patient had committed suicide.
[War and Hansen's disease. Yutaka Fujino, p164 Yoshikawa Kobunkan. Tokyo]
References
*New Edition, "Hansen's disease and social welfare(2007)", Shunzō Sugimura.
*War and Hansen's disease(2010) Yutaka Fujino. Yoshikawa Koubunkan, Tokyo.
Footnotes
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1910 births
1994 deaths
Japanese leper hospital administrators
Kyushu University alumni