Supplied by Hideyo Noguchi Memorial Museum

1876
 
Born in a farmhouse in Inawashiro town, Fukushima Prefecture.
(Given the name Seisaku Noguchi)
1878 (2yrs) Suffered a serious burn to his left hand at the end of April when he fell into a hearth.
1883 (7) Entered Mitsuwa Elementary School (now called Okinajima Elementary School)
1888 (12) Deputized for the teacher. (In the same year, Mt. Bandai erupted.)
1892 (16) Dr. Kanae Watabe, the head physician of Kaiyo Surgery in Aizuwakamatsu,
operated on his damaged left hand.
1893 (17) Entered the Kaiyo Surgery as a trainee pharmacist, and studied medical science,
English and French.
1895 (19) Christened at the Wakamatsu Christian Church of Japan on 7th April.
1896 (20) Traveled to Tokyo in September, and passed the first half of the medical practitioner'sexam in
October. He then became a janitor/student at the Takayama Dentistry and Medical Academy in
November with the help of Dr. Morinosuke Chiwaki.
1897 (21) Passed the second half of the medical practitioners exam in October, and obtained a doctors
license. He became a lecturer at the Takayama Dentistry and Medical Academy, and worked at
the Juntendo hospital.
1898 (22) Became an assistant at the Infectious Diseases Research Laboratory. While back in his home
town, he changed his name to Hideyo.
1899 (23) Acted as interpreter to Dr. Fleskiner during his visit to Tokyo. Worked at Yokohama Port
Quarantine Office as an assistant quarantine doctor.
1900 (24) Left Yokohama for America.
1901 (25) Joined Dr. Fleskiner as an assistant at Pennsylvania University.
1904 (28) Became a first grade assistant at the Rockefeller Medical Research Center.
1907 (31) Gained a Master of Science Honors degree from Pennsylvania University. Promoted to associate
member of the Rockefeller Medical Research Center.
1911 (35) Awarded a degree as Doctor of Medicine from Kyoto Imperial University.
Successfully cultivated pure 'Syphilis Spirochaeta'. He married Mary Darges.
1913 (37) Discovered and identified 'Spirochaeta Pallida' inside the brains of patients with 'paralytic
paralytica' and 'myelopthisis'. Departed on a European lecture tour of many countries.
1914 (38) Sweden bestowed 'The Third Order of Merit' on him. Awarded a Doctorate of Science by Tokyo
Imperial University. Became a regular member of the Rockefeller Medical Research Center.
1915 (39) The Japan Imperial Academy awarded him their 'Onshi-sho' prize. After fifteen years abroad,
he returned to Japan on 5th September, where several welcoming parties were held in his honor.
1918 (42) Discovery of the Yellow Fever pathogen in Ecuador, for which he received worldwide praise.
His mother, Shika, died on 10th November, aged 65.
1923 (47) Became a Member of the Japan Imperial Academy.
1925 (49) Decorated with the 'Shogoi'.
1926 (50) Announced the Oroya pathogen.
1927 (51) Announced the Trachoma pathogen. Departed for Africa in October to conduct research
into Yellow Fever.
1928 (51) Succumbed to Yellow Fever whilst studying it, and died on 21st May in Accra, West Africa.
(He is buried at Woodloan graveyard in New York.)

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