Junjiro Shimazono - Junjiro Shimazono

Internal medicine scientist. An authority on beriberi. Born in Wakayama Prefecture as the second son of Sudo Noboru, he was adopted into the Shimazono family. In 1904 (Meiji 37), he graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at Tokyo Imperial University, where he majored in internal medicine under Miura Kinnosuke. From 1911 to 1913, he studied neuropathology in Germany. After returning to Japan, he was appointed professor at Okayama Medical College, and after serving as professor at Kyoto Imperial University, he transferred to the Faculty of Medicine at Tokyo Imperial University in 1924 (Taisho 13), where he presided over the Shimazono Department of Internal Medicine and also served as director of the affiliated hospital. In 1929 (Showa 4), he lectured at the University of Berlin as a professor on a Japan-Germany exchange program. He continued his research on beriberi and neurology, and in particular conducted extensive research on the etiology, pathology, symptoms, treatment, and prevention of beriberi. In 1926, he received the Imperial Academy Prize for his research on vitamin _B1 .

[Otori Ranzaburo]

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内科学者。脚気(かっけ)の権威。和歌山県に須藤暢の二男に生まれ、島薗家の養子となる。1904年（明治37）東京帝国大学医科大学を卒業、同大学内科教室で三浦謹之助の下、内科学を専攻。1911～1913年ドイツに留学して神経病理学を研究。帰国後、岡山医学専門学校教授に任ぜられ、京都帝国大学教授を経て、1924年（大正13）東京帝国大学医学部へ移り、島薗内科を主宰、附属病院長も務めた。1929年（昭和4）には日独交換教授としてベルリン大学で講義を行った。脚気と神経病学の研究を続け、とくに脚気の病因、病理、症候、治療、予防など広範囲に研究した。1926年ビタミンB₁の研究により帝国学士院賞を受賞。

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