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Hashimoto Hakaru
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

Hashimoto Dori (street) in Kyushu University

In this Japanese name, the family name is Hashimoto.

Hashimoto Hakaru (橋本策^?, 1881–1934) was a Japanese medical scientist of the Meiji period and Taishō period. He was born on May 5, 1881, in the village of Midau, 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 January 9, 1934.

[edit] Hashimoto Street

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

[edit] 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.