今が生死

I have received the post card written about death of ex-professor of Toho medical college, Dr. Kenichi Sasaki the day before yesterday. The age was 76.
He graduated medical school of Hokkaido university earlier than me 5 years.
He became a professor of pathology at Toho medical college after holding an associate professor at kitasato medical college. He was attacked by cerebral embolism several years after the assumption to the professor.
He could not walk and could not speak as his attack was very heavy. His wife had cared him over about 25 years in his home land Asahikawa, Hokkaido.
He had answered by attitude to my greeting when I had visited him about 20 years ago
in Hokkaido. I have been impressed by his wife’s devoted nursing so long time.
I had been cared by him sincerely at the age of Kitasato medical college.
He was very kind and helped me much to get the Doctor of medicine. I owed to him not only for study but also daily lives in the time of working in the Kitasato hospital.
I’ll send to his wife the condolence money as my deepest gratitude for caring me in Kitasato age.

私は一昨日東邦大学前教授、佐々木憲一先生がお亡くなりになったという知らせを頂いた。享年７６歳だった。先生は私より５年早く北大を卒業なされた。先生は北里大学の助教授になられた後、東邦大学の病理学の教授になられた。先生は教授に就任して数年後,脳梗塞でお倒れになられた。病気が重かったので歩くことも喋ることも出来なくなってしまった。以来奥さんは郷里の北海道、旭川市で２５年以上ご看病をなさって来られた。私が約２０年前北海道にお見舞いに行った時、ご挨拶申し上げたら喋ることはできなかったけれど、表情や態度でよく来てくれたと喜んで下さった。私は奥さんがそんなに長い間親身になって看病なさってきたことに感動している。
私は北里大学時代に先生に随分お世話になった。先生は大変親切で、医学博士号を取るのにも色々助言して下さった。北里大学病院で働いていた時は研究面だけでなく日常生活でもお世話になった。
私は北里大学時代に面倒見て頂いたことに対し心からの感謝の気持ちを込めてお香典をお送りしようと思う。