| Abstract: | Abstract This is a historical review of the tragic life of a psychiatrist in the dawn of Japanese psychiatry, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for first-degree murder by an American court and imprisoned in America. The purpose of this article is firstly to clarify the strange circumstances under which he was sentenced guilty in spite of his psychosis. In the author's opinion there appeared to be an incorrectness and injustice of the judicial decision in the American court from consideration of the documents of his trial. Secondly, the author would like to acknowledge Dr. Ishida's pioneering contributions to the Japanese psychiatry which, because of the circumstances, have been long buried in the history of Japanese psychiatry. |
