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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.
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.
- Siang Yong Tan, Jill Furubayashi
- 10.11622/smedj.2014140
- 2014
- Singapore Med J. 2014 Oct; 55(10): 550-551.
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Dr. Hideyo Noguchi was the first scientist whose portrait was printed on a Japanese bank note (the thousand yen note), in 2004. He was born in Sanjo Gata, Inawashiro Town, Yama County, which was then called Mitsuwa Village, located in almost the center of Fukushima Prefecture.
Hideyo Noguchi was born on November 9, 1876 as the eldest son of a farm family. He was named Seisaku. He suffered a serious burn on his left hand when he fell onto a fireplace at the age of one and half.
May 30, 2024 · After 1905, Noguchi began studying syphilis and attempted to improve one of the first diagnostic tests for syphilis, a serum-based complement fixation analysis. Complement fixation analysis relies on the interaction between antigens, antibodies, and the complement system.
May 11, 2018 · NOGUCHI, (SEISAKU) HIDEYO (b. Sanjogata, Okinashima-mura, Fukushima, Honshu, Japan, 24 November 1876; d. Accra, Gold Coast, 21 May 1928) microbiology. Despite humble origins and a physical handicap, Noguchi attained extraordinary fame during his lifetime.
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