Tu Tsung-ming
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Born | Chi-lân-sam-pó, Tamsui County, Taipeh Prefecture, Taiwan, Chinese Empire (now Tamsui, New Taipei, Taiwan) | August 25, 1893
Died | February 25, 1986 | (aged 92)
Alma mater | Kyoto Imperial University Taihoku Imperial University |
Occupation(s) | Pharmacologist, educator |
Spouse | Tu Lin Shuangsiu |
Tu Tsung-ming (Chinese:
Biography
[edit]Early life and education
[edit]Tu Tsung-ming was born in Tamsui in 1893. He entered the Medical school under Government-General of Taiwan[1] in 1909. Since his physical test score on the entrance exam did not meet the standard, he would not be able to enter this school. However, his test results were top, so the president of the school, Junzo Nagano(
After graduation, he entered Kyoto Imperial University under the support of Tugio Horiuchi (
Working in Taiwan as a doctor
[edit]In 1921, he came back to Taiwan and started working as a lecturer in the Medical school under Government-General of Taiwan. He submitted his doctoral dissertation to Kyoto Imperial University in 1922,[3] and became a Doctor of Medical Sciences (equivalent to a Ph.D.). He was promoted to professor at the Medical school in the same year, and he was the first Taiwanese professor in Japan's pre-1945 imperial university system, at Taihoku Imperial University (now National Taiwan University). His pharmacology research lab was the cradle of medical research in Taiwan. The laboratory did pioneering research on methods to treat opium addiction, on the toxicology of snake venom, and on the pharmacology of traditional Chinese medicine.
In addition to participating in pharmacological and toxicological research, Tu also contributed to medical education. After the World War II, he was the first dean of the National Taiwan University Medical College. In 1954, Tu founded Kaohsiung Medical College (now Kaohsiung Medical University) and became the first president of the College (1954–1966).
Relatives
[edit]- Wife: Tu Lin Shuangsiu(
杜 林 雙 隨 ) - Third son: Anthony TU(
杜 祖 健 ) is a chemist. He is a specialist of toxicology, biological agent and chemical weapon. When the Matsumoto sarin attack had occurred in 1994, he advised for resolution.
External links
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References
[edit]- ^ This school became the College of Medicine, National Taiwan University after 1928.
- ^ Chiang Wei-shui also joined when he was a student.
- ^ The title of his dissertation was "The way of research of Traditional Chinese medical care"(
漢方 医学 に関 する研究 方法 の考察 ).
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