Hakaru Hashimoto
| Hakaru Hashimoto | |
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 Hakaru Hashimoto circa 1912 |
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| Native name | 橋本 策 |
| Born | May 5, 1881 Mie Prefecture, Japan |
| Died | January 9, 1934 (aged 52) Japan |
| Cause of death | Typhoid fever |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Known for | Hashimoto's thyroiditis |
Hakaru Hashimoto (橋本 策 Hashimoto Hakaru, May 5, 1881 – January 9, 1934)[1][2] was a Japanese medical scientist of the Meiji period and Taishō period.
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Biography [edit]
He was born on May 5, 1881, in the village of Midau, Nishitsuge, in Mie Prefecture.[3] He graduated from Kyushu University medical school in 1907. He then entered the First Surgical Bureau and studied medicine under the direction of professor Hayari Miyake (1867-1945), the first Japanese neurosurgeon.[4] Some years after, he studied pathology under Professor Eduard Kaufmann at the Georg-August University of Göttingen. He also studied in England. As World War I was about to break out, he was forced to return home to Japan. In 1916, he came back to his hometown, Igamachi, and became the town doctor. He fell ill with Typhoid fever and died at home on January 9, 1934.
Scientific activities [edit]
In 1912, he published a paper, Kōjōsen rinpa-setsu shushō-teki henka ni kansuru kenkyū hōkoku or Zur Kenntnis der lymphomatösen Veränderung der Schilddrüse (Struma lymphomatosa) or (Report on lymphomatous goiter) in 'Archiv für klinische Chirurgie', Berlin 1912:97:219-248. Years later, this paper was evaluated by English and American researchers, and the disease it described was recognized as an independent illness. In American medical books, it was named Hashimoto's thyroiditis.[5]
Hashimoto Street [edit]
To honor his achievements, Kyushu University named a road on its Maidashi campus "Hashimoto Street".
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Hashimoto Street
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Hashimoto Street signpost
References [edit]
- ^ "橋本策生誕地碑[[Category:Articles containing Japanese language text]]". Iga (in Japanese). Retrieved 2011-05-29. Wikilink embedded in URL title (help)
- ^ "橋本策 はしもと-はかる[[Category:Articles containing Japanese language text]]". Kodansha (in Japanese). 2009. Retrieved 2011-05-29. More than one of
|periodical=and|work=specified (help); Wikilink embedded in URL title (help) - ^ Sawin CT (August 2002). "The heritage of Dr. Hakaru Hashimoto (1881-1934)". Endocr J 49 (4): 399–403. doi:10.1507/endocrj.49.399. PMID 12402970.
- ^ Amino N (September 2003). "[Centennial Memorial Lecture. Hakaru Hashimoto]". Nippon Naika Gakkai Zasshi (in Japanese) 92 (9): 1741–50. PMID 14560612.
- ^ Amino N, Tada H, Hidaka Y, Hashimoto K (August 2002). "Hashimoto's disease and Dr. Hakaru Hashimoto". Endocr. J. 49 (4): 393–7. doi:10.1507/endocrj.49.393. PMID 12402969.
