Professor Kaichiro Kuroda and Scientific Activity at The Department of Medical Chemistry of Keijo Imperial University in Korea (1930-1941)

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Dr. Kaichiro Kuroda, the second President of Tokushima Bunri University, graduated from Faculty of Medicine, Keijo Imperial University in 1930 in Korea, and worked at the Department of Medical Chemistry there until his return to Japan in 1941. In 1950 he became Professor at the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Tokushima University. Prof. Kuroda's collected papers dedicated to Prof. Hiroshi Nakamura and Dr. Gozo Sato's book which focused on the history of medical education in Korea from 1907 to 1945, all gave me the opportunity to study medical development at Keijo Imperial University founded in 1924. Although the subject was covered in a past academic event, it is important to pay special attention to the fact that the Department of Medical Chemistry led by Prof. Hiroshi Nakamura and Associate Prof. Kaichiro Kuroda was active in publishing more than 25 academic papers per year in Japanese and French. This biochemical activity in Keijo Imperial University before 1945 should be commemorated for the valuable scientific work produced by Korean and Japanese doctors. Their contributions demonstrate that basic science is the driving force of clinical medicine.