Masanao Goto, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Masanao Goto

Japanese leprologist

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-0001

Place of Birth: Mino Province, Japan

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1908

Profession: physician

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Masanao Goto (?? ??, Goto Masanao, March 6, 1857 – July 9, 1908) was a Japanese leprologist.
He was the son of first Shobun Goto and called as the second Shobun Goto.
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 Goto'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 Goto."