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Noguchi Hideyo. Hideyo Noguchi (野口 英世, Noguchi Hideyo, November 9, 1876 – May 21, 1928), also known as Seisaku Noguchi (野口 清作, Noguchi Seisaku), was a prominent Japanese bacteriologist who in 1911 discovered the agent of syphilis as the cause of progressive paralytic disease.
- November 9, 1876, Inawashiro, Fukushima, Japan
- Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City, US
Mar 29, 2024 · Hideyo Noguchi (born Nov. 24, 1876, Inawashiro, Japan—died May 21, 1928, Accra, Gold Coast colony [now Ghana]) was a Japanese bacteriologist who first discovered Treponema pallidum, the causative agent of syphilis, in the brains of persons suffering from paresis.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hideyo Noguchi overcame significant adversity to become a physician-scientist – a humble origin and a crippling childhood injury render his achievements all the more extraordinary. In typical fashion, Noguchi attributed his success to pure diligence, saying, “ There is no such thing as genius […] to work three, four, five times harder ...
- Siang Yong Tan, Jill Furubayashi
- 10.11622/smedj.2014140
- 2014
- Singapore Med J. 2014 Oct; 55(10): 550-551.
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Learn about the life and achievements of Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, the Nobel Prize-winning Japanese biologist who discovered the first case of syphilis in the world. From his childhood in Fukushima to his studies in the US and Europe, his work at the Rockefeller Institute and the Carnegie Institution, his research on snake venoms and syphilis, and his return to Japan and his legacy.
YearAge187821883718848188711May 11, 2018 · Hideyo Noguchi was a Japanese microbiologist who discovered the causative agents of syphilis, leptospirosis, and verruga peruana. He also studied the relationship between Oroya fever and verruga peruana, and the role of Bartonella bacilliformis in Oroya fever. He was a pioneer of serodiagnostic methods and a Rockefeller Institute research assistant.
Seisaku (Hideyo’s childhood name) Noguchi was born on November 9, 1876, as the first son of Sayosuke Noguchi, who had married into his wife's family, and Shika Noguchi, who was the only daughter of the Noguchi family. The Noguchi family was a farm family which had much agricultural land, but with no son being born for two generations, the ...
Hideyo Noguchi. 1887-1928. Japanese bacteriologist who was the first to demonstrate the presence of Treponema pallidum, the causative agent of syphilis, in the brains of persons suffering from paresis (tertiary syphilis). Most of Noguchi's research in bacteriology and virology was carried out at the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research in ...
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