Hashimoto Hakaru

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

In this Japanese name, the family name is Hashimoto.

Hashimoto Hakaru (橋本策, Hashimoto Hakaru^? 1881–1934) was a Japanese medical scientist of the Meiji period and Taishō period. He was born May 5, 1881, in the village of Midau, Nishi-tsuge in the 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, Kojyosen rinpa-setu sho-teki henka ni kansuru kenkyu houkoku 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 at the Georg-August University of Göttingen, where he studied pathology under Professor Eduard Kaufmann. He also studied in England. As World War I was about to break out, he was forced to come back 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 Junuary 9, 1934.

[edit] Hashimoto Street

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

[edit] References

Amino, N. Centennial Memorial Lecture (in Japanese) PMID 14560612

Sawin, CT The heritage of Dr. Hakaru Hashimoto PMID 12402970

Amino N, Tada H, Hidaka Y, Hashimoto K Hashimoto's Disease and Dr. Hakaru Hashimoto PMID 12402969

Ibayashi H, Dr. Hakaru Hashimoto 1977 (in Japanese) PMID 338379

[edit] See also

• Hashimoto's thyroiditis

Persondata
NAME	Hakaru Hashimoto
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	physician, endocrinologist
DATE OF BIRTH	May 5, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH	Midau, Japan
DATE OF DEATH	January 9, 1934
PLACE OF DEATH	Japan

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