北里柴三郎
His remedy was from plants and was served in powder and injections. Because his remedy was not perfect, he did not make his medicine public. He wrote that 34 out of 100 patients recovered. Kitasato Shibasaburō, a noted physician of his time, reported that only 4 cured and 15 almost cured out of 233 patients, according to Leprosy and Social Problems.