2017 Volume 86 Issue 2 Pages 121-127
There are various opinions on the Hansen’s disease problem because Hansen’s disease poses many complex problems in terms of both social and medical contexts. To understand “the composition of Hansen’s disease problem” before and after a series of chemotherapy sessions using the sulfone agent—Promine—the differences in situations between Japan and the world, the history of modern medicine and public health policy, and the record of the hospitalized as well as discharged patients, it is necessary to clarify the records of sanatoria officials, policymakers, and other decision-makers to consider each problem. Based on this premise, collecting and organizing these materials by period, identifying the differences among Leprosy Prevention laws and field practices, and presenting an objective, a bird’s eye view of the information related to this disease is important for the creation of the Hansen’s disease material archives. Additionally, it is important for the leprosy material archives to provide information to as many people as possible, both academically (multi-disciplinary) and less deflected. As an attempt to create such an archive, I would like to introduce “The archives of materials on Hansen’s disease in modern times” project, which will present not only its accomplishments but also future tasks, thereby I would like to show topics as a form of Hansen’s disease archives in the future.
