Hajime Hosokawa (細川一,Hosokawa Hajime?, 23 September1901 - 13 October1970) was director of the company hospital attached to the Chisso corporation's chemical factory in Minamata, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan. He was the first doctor to discover and treat patients of the massive outbreak of mercury poisoning that occured in the town which became known as Minamata disease. September 23 is the 266th day of the year (267th in leap years). ... 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... October 13 is the 286th day of the year (287th in leap years). ... 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1970 calendar). ... Chisso Corporation ) is a Japanese chemical company. ... Minamata (水俣市; -shi) is a city located in Kumamoto, Japan. ... Kumamoto Prefecture (熊本県; Kumamoto-ken) is located on Kyushu Island, Japan. ... Mercury poisoning, also known as mercuralism, is the phenomenon of toxication by contact with mercury. ... The crippled hand of a Minamata disease victim Minamata disease ) is a neurological syndrome caused by severe mercury poisoning. ...
1927 Graduates from Tokyo University medical department.
1936 Joins Japan Nitrogenous Fertilizer Company (日本窒素肥料,Nihon Chisso Hiryō?) and is attached to the hospital of the Agochi factory on the Korean peninsular.
1941 Appointed director of the Minamata factory hospital.
1941 Assumes a new post as a field surgeon in Burma.
1947 Demobilizes and returns to work at the Minmata factory hospital.
1950 The occupying forces order the dissolution of the zaibatsu, including the Japan Nitrogenous Fertilizer Company. A successor company, New Japan Nitrogenous Fertilizer Company (新日本窒素肥料株式会社,Shin Nihon Chisso Hiryō Kabushiki Kaisha?) is founded.
1 May1956 Reports the discovery of an "epidemic of an unknown disease of the central nervous system" to the Minamata local health office, marking the official discovery of Minamata disease.
May1957 Begins experimenting on cats in an effort to determine the cause of the disease. Factory wastewater is included in the cats' food.
October1959 "Cat 400" exhibits signs of mercury poisoning. Hosokawa is convinced the factory's wastewater is the cause of Minamata disease but under persuasion from the company, these results are not published.
1970 Hospitalised with lung cancer. While hospitalised he is interrogated for a judicial proceeding regarding Minamata disease and testifies to the concealment of the experimental results of "Cat 400".
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