Hashimoto Hakaru

Hashimoto Hakaru
Born	May 5, 1881 Mie Prefecture, Japan
Died	January 9, 1934 Japan
Cause of death	Typhoid Fever
Nationality	Japanese
Occupation	physician
Known for	Hashimoto's thyroiditis

Hashimoto Dōri (street) in Kyushu University

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Hashimoto".

Hashimoto Hakaru (橋本 策, May 5, 1881 – January 9, 1934) was a Japanese medical scientist of the Meiji period and Taishō period. He was born on May 5, 1881, in the village of Midau, Nishitsuge, in Mie Prefecture. He graduated from Kyushu University medical school in 1907. He then entered igaku-bu daiichi Geka ikyoku (the first surgical bureau) and studied medicine under the direction of professor Hayari Miyake (1867-1945), the first Japanese neurosurgeon. 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. 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.

Hashimoto Street

To honor his achievements, Kyushu University named a road on Maidashi campus Hashimoto Street.

References

Amino N (September 2003). "[Centennial Memorial Lecture. Hakaru Hashimoto]" (in Japanese). Nippon Naika Gakkai Zasshi 92 (9): 1741–50. PMID 14560612. 2

Sawin CT (August 2002). "The heritage of Dr. Hakaru Hashimoto (1881-1934)" (). Endocr J 49 (4): 399–403. PMID 12402970. http://joi.jlc.jst.go.jp/JST.JSTAGE/endocrj/49.399?from=PubMed. 

Amino N, Tada H, Hidaka Y, Hashimoto K (August 2002). "Hashimoto's disease and Dr. Hakaru Hashimoto" (). Endocr. J. 49 (4): 393–7. PMID 12402969. http://joi.jlc.jst.go.jp/JST.JSTAGE/endocrj/49.393?from=PubMed. 

Ibayashi H (November 1977). "[Dr. Hakaru Hashimoto]" (in Japanese). Nippon Naibunpi Gakkai Zasshi 53 (11): 1211–7. PMID 338379. 

See also

• Hashimoto's thyroiditis

Gallery

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  Hashimoto Dōri (street)

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  Hashimoto Dōri (street) guidepost

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  Faculty of Medicine Bldg. A of Basic Science