Hasegawa Tai

Medical scientist. Born in June 1830 in Nagaoka, Echigo Province (Niigata Prefecture), as the son of Chinese physician Hasegawa Sosai. In 1862 (Bunkyu 2), he became a disciple of Sato Shochu in Sakura, and later studied at the medical school under Matsumoto Ryojun. In 1869 (Meiji 2), he became a junior assistant professor at Daigaku Toko (the precursor to the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Tokyo), and the following year in 1870 he became an assistant professor and later deputy director. However, he did not get along with the president, Ishiguro Tadanori, so he left and founded the Saisei Gakusha in Hongo in 1876, where he devoted himself to training medical students. As a private institution for training doctors, it had an extremely large number of students, and 9,600 people became doctors after studying at Saisei Gakusha. While serving as the school's principal, he was elected to the House of Representatives in 1890, served in the Ministry of Home Affairs, and was appointed Director of the Health Bureau in 1898. In 1902 (Meiji 35), when the Professional School Act was issued, he tried to upgrade Saisei Gakusha to a medical university, but failed, and suddenly closed the school, causing controversy. He died of colonic stenosis on March 11, 1912.

[Yasuhito Fukase]

"Complete Works of Professor Hasegawa Tai, edited by Yamaguchi Goro, 1 volume (1939, Hasegawa Tai Posthumous Works Publishing Association)"

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医学者。天保(てんぽう)13年6月越後(えちご)国（新潟県）長岡に、漢医長谷川宗斉の子として生まれる。1862年（文久2）佐倉の佐藤尚中(しょうちゅう)の門に入り、のち松本良順に従って医学所に学んだ。1869年（明治2）大学東校（東京大学医学部の前身）少助教、翌1870年中助教、のちに次長になったが、総長の石黒忠悳(ただのり)とあわず、去って1876年本郷に済生学舎をおこし、医学生の養成に努めた。私立の医師養成機関として入学者はすこぶる多く、済生学舎に学んで医師になったものは9600人に及んだ。校長のかたわら、1890年衆議院議員に当選し、内務省にも出仕して、1898年には衛生局長に就任した。1902年（明治35）専門学校令の発布にあたって、済生学舎を医科大学に昇格させようと努力したがならず、突如として廃校して物議を醸した。明治45年3月11日大腸狭窄(きょうさく)症で死没。

［深瀬泰旦］

『山口梧郎編『長谷川泰先生全集』全1巻（1939・長谷川泰遺稿集刊行会）』

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