About Masanao Goto
Lived 1857 – 1908 (aged 50–51). Masanao Goto was a Japanese physician.
was a Japanese leprologist. He was the son of first Shobun Gotō and was called the "second Shobun Gotō". He devoted his life to leprosy patients in Japan and on the island of Molokai in the Kingdom of Hawaii.
Father Damien had trust in Gotō's therapy, and he left the message, "I have not the slightest confidence in our American and European doctors to stay my leprosy, I wish to be treated by Dr. Masanao Gotō."
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Who was Masanao Goto?
Japanese leprologist
When was Masanao Goto born?
Masanao Goto was born in 1857 in Mino Province.
When did Masanao Goto die?
Masanao Goto died in 1908.
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Masanao Goto was a physician.
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Masanao Goto was Japanese.
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