Birth · 9 November 1876
Hideyo Noguchi and the history of neurosyphilis
Hideyo Noguchi was born in Fukushima Prefecture and turned towards bacteriology. His career connected Japan, the United States and several international research missions.[1]
Credit and rights
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Original source · LicenceKey dates and milestones
- 9 November 1876
Born in Japan with the given name Seisaku.[3]
- 1897
He passed the national examinations qualifying him to practise medicine.[1]
- 1904
After a period of training in Denmark, he joined the Rockefeller Institute.[3]
- 1913
With J. W. Moore, he published the identification of Treponema pallidum in brains of patients with general paralysis.[2]
- 21 May 1928
He died of yellow fever in Ghana while researching the disease.[1]
Contributions to medicine
- The 1913 study supplied pathological evidence supporting the syphilitic origin of general paralysis. It marks a step in the history of infectious neuropsychiatry.[2]
Documented anecdotes
A personal experience of surgery
Surgery on his left hand, badly burned in childhood, made a lasting impression. The Cabinet Office biography connects this experience to his interest in medicine.[3]
Documentary sources
- NOGUCHI Hideyo — notice biographique
National Diet Library, Japan
- Noguchi H, Moore JW. A demonstration of Treponema pallidum in the brain in cases of general paralysis. 1913. DOI: 10.1084/jem.17.2.232
Journal of Experimental Medicine
- The Lifetime of Dr. Hideyo Noguchi
Cabinet Office, Government of Japan