12 Facts About Hakaru Hashimoto

Hakaru Hashimoto was a Japanese doctor and medical scientist of the Meiji and Taisho periods.

Hakaru Hashimoto is best known for publishing the first description of the disease that was later named Hashimoto's thyroiditis.

Hakaru Hashimoto was amongst the first medical graduates when he graduated in 1907.

Hakaru Hashimoto then entered the First Surgical Bureau and studied medicine under the direction of Hayari Miyake, the first Japanese neurosurgeon.

Hakaru Hashimoto published his findings in the German journal Archiv fur Klinische Chirurgie as German was considered the lingua franca of academia during this time.

Hakaru Hashimoto published two further papers on erysipelas and on penetrating chest wall injuries.

In 1912, Hakaru Hashimoto traveled to University of Gottingen in Germany to study pathology under the training of Eduard Kaufmann, with particular emphasis on tuberculosis of the urinary tract.

In 1915, Hakaru Hashimoto returned to Japan via England as the First World War was underway.

Hakaru Hashimoto was known to not charge fees to his poor patients.

In December 1933, Hakaru Hashimoto fell ill with typhoid fever and eventually died at home on 9 January 1934 at the age of 52.

Hakaru Hashimoto married Yoshiko Miyake, the daughter of a naval doctor who studied Japanese literature at the Nara' Women's Higher College for Education.

Hakaru Hashimoto was a devout Buddhist and was head of the Buddhist association at Kyushu University during his time as a student.