Hideyo Noguchi (1876-1928): Distinguished bacteriologist

Hideyo Noguchi, 1916

Hideyo Noguchi Syphilis, Oraya Fever and Leptospira.

H Noguchi (1876-1928) was born in impoverished circumstances, in a small Japanese village Fukushima. He had a physical handicap, a deformity on his left hand, due to burns during his early childhood. Notwithstanding his handicap, he entered in Tokyo Medical School and obtained his diploma in 1897. Later, he became an assistant in the Institute of Infectious Diseases, under its director Kitasato...

Pioneering Neglected Disease Research in Southern Mexico at the “Dr. Hideyo Noguchi” Regional Research Center

The Autonomous University of Yucatan is a major public university in Mexico, and the largest institution for superior education in the southern part of the country, with 772 academics attending over 20,000 students. It offers 43 undergraduate and 53 graduate programs in all areas of knowledge. On October 12, 1975, Dr. Alberto Rosado G. Cantón, rector of the University at this time, created the ...

Etiology of Yellow Fever. Vi. Cultivation, Morphology, Virulence, and Biological Properties of Leptospira Icteroides. by Hideyo Noguchi, M.d

As the nature of the causative agent of yellow fever was unknown, it was necessary at the beginning of these experiments to formulate a spedal method of cultivation. The methods employed have been similar to those recommended 1 for the cultivation of Leptospira icterohcemorrhagice (Inada and Ido). Instead of the serum and citrate plasma of the rabbit or other animal, serum and plasma from nonim...

ETIOLOGY OF YELLOW FEVER. Xl. Sxl~U~ TREATMENT OF ANIMALS INFECTED WITH LEPTOSPIRA ICTEROIDES. BY HIDEYO NOGUCHI, M.D

The high potency attained by a polyvalent immune serum for Leptospira icteroides derived from the horse, as revealed in previous experiments on guinea pigs# indicated the possibility that such a serum might be advantageously employed in the t reatment of patients suffering from an infection with that organism. In order to ascertain whether or not the serum can exert a beneficial influence upon ...