International Leprosy Association -
History of Leprosy

  • International Leprosy Association -
    History of Leprosy

    Database

    Biwasaki Tairo Hospital (later Tairoin Clinic)

    Location

    Category Leprosarium
    Country Japan
    Address Kyushu

    Notes

    This hospital was opened in 1898 as the Biwasaki Tairo Hospital by Jean Marie Coule, a French Roman Catholic Missionary. The name was changed to Biwazaki Tairoin Byoin (Tairoin Clinic) in 1997. It is still open as a private sanitorium. Address: 6-27 Shimazaki Kumamoto-shi, Kumamoto Prefecture.

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