The noted Japanese bacteriologist, Baron Shibasaburo Kitazato, died this morning after a prolonged il. ness. He was 78 years of age, The deceased, who was knowe an the discoverer. of the, Kitazato paci Jus, vas dean of the medical de. partment of Keio University and president of the Kitazato Institute, Born at Kumamoto-ken on Dev coomber 20, 1852, he marcied Tora, second daughter' of Baron Mutsuo, was nominated a member of ths House of Peers in December, 1917.
Studying medical science at the now-defunct Kumamoto Medical School under the Dutch physician Mansfeld, he graduated from. thy Medical College, Imperial University, in 1888, After serving at fay sanitary bureau of the Department fof Home Affairs, he was sent by the Government to Germany, where he studied under the late Professor Koch, whom he greatly assisted la the cultivation of tubercu On returning. to Japan he was appointed president of the Infectious Diseases Investigation Laboratory, later going to Hongkong, which was
time, "He visited Manchuria in 191%, the centre of a pestilence atthe With the passing of Baron Kitazato, one of the most outstanding. personalities in the Japanese medi~ cal world has, been removed, and the striking tributes which are. beid to him. testify to the high esteem in which he was held Reuter.
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