Mishima Michiyoshi

Japanese: 三島通良 - みしまみちよし

Born in 1866 in Kawagoe
[Died] March 9, 1925.
Doctor. Founder of school hygiene. Graduated from the Imperial University Medical School in 1889. Joined the Ministry of Education, and in 1892, as a hygiene officer, he carried out physical examinations to determine the dimensions of desks and chairs for elementary schools. In 1998, he was commissioned to investigate school hygiene and began investigating hygiene in schools across the country. In 1996, he became chief of the School Hygiene Section of the Ministry of Education's General Affairs Bureau. In 1903, he visited Europe and America to observe the actual conditions. He lectured on school hygiene at the Tokyo Higher Normal School.

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Japanese:

[生]慶応2(1866).川越
[没]1925.3.9.
医師。学校衛生の創始者。 1889年帝国大学医科大学卒業。文部省に入り，92年，衛生主事として小学校の机，椅子の寸法を定めるために体格検査を実施，98年学校衛生取調嘱託となり全国の学校衛生の調査に着手，96年文部省総務局学校衛生課主事。 1903年ヨーロッパ，アメリカの実情を視察。東京高等師範学校で学校衛生学を講義した。

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