Kanehiro Takaki (October 30 1849–April 13 1920) was a Japanese naval physician.

Beriberi was rampant in the Japanese Imperial Navy. Conducting a large-scale experiment in cooperation with Suzuki Umetaro, Takaki established that the cause was poor nutrition and vitually eradicated the disease.

Together with Toan Matsuyama, Takaki founded the Sei-I-Kwai medical society in January 1881. In May, 1881, he founded the Sei-I-Kwai Koshujo (Sei-I-Kwai Medical Training School), now the Jikei University School of Medicine.

References

• Jikei University School of Medicine: Our Roots - To Serve the Suffering Poor. Accessed 30 March 2006.

1849 births | 1920 deaths | Japanese physicians

高木兼寛