日本精神医学家吴秀三生平与业绩

The Biography and Achievements of Japanese Psychiatrist Syuzo Kure

吴秀三(1865—1932)是日本近代精神医学的奠基人,也是日本医学史研究的开创者之一,他积极促进近代医院制度和精神医学研究,努力推动改善精神障碍者待遇,创设日本精神神经学会,创刊《神经学杂志》,推动成立精神病者慈善救治会;同时挖掘整理精神医学史料,创设了日本医史学会。在中国医疗社会史日益升温的今天,关注精神医学史研究和吴秀三这样有某种代表性的人物具有多方面的意义。

Syuzo Kure(1865-1932)was the founder of modern psychiatry in Japan and one of the pioneers of the study on the Japanese medical history.He introduced the modern hospital system and psychiatric research,actively promoted the improvement of the treatment of the mental disorders.He was the founder of the Japanese Psychiatric Neurological Association and the Journal of Neurology,and also promoted the establishment of the Charity Treatment Association for the Mentally ill.At the same time,he excavated and sorted out the historical materials of psychiatry,and founded the Japanese Medical History Society.While the medical social history is heating up in China,it is of many significance to pay attention to the study of psychiatric history and a representative figure like Syuzo Kure.