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In 1915, Hashimoto returned to Japan via England as the First World War was underway. In 1916, he came back to his hometown, Igamachi, and became the town doctor, setting up his own surgical clinic. As a surgeon and general practitioner, Hashimoto would frequently visit patients in their homes, often utilising a rickshaw, regardless of distance ...
Mar 25, 2012 · Hakaru Hashimoto: 1881-1934. The Japan Thyroid Association uses Hakaru Hashimoto’s picture in its logo as a way to pass on his pioneering spirit to today’s physicians. At 35, Hashimoto...
Jul 11, 2023 · Hakaru Hashimoto was a Japanese doctor and medical scientist. The condition that now bears his name is an autoimmune disorder of the thyroid where the thyroid is infiltrated with mainly lymphocytes organized into follicles, often with germinal centers.
Only after his death was his description of struma lymphomatosa more than two decades earlier widely recognized by the medical and thyroid communities and consistently given the eponym, Hashimoto’s disease or Hashimoto’s thyroiditis. Who was he? What did he describe? Why was it seen as novel?
Feb 12, 2016 · The term, Hashimoto's disease, is more widely used than ever. In part, the eponym reflects the realization that what Hakaru Hashimoto described is actually a form of autoimmune disease that can present not only as goiter but also as a shrunken, poorly functioning thyroid gland.
The heritage of Dr. Hakaru Hashimoto (1881-1934) The heritage of Dr. Hakaru Hashimoto (1881-1934) Endocr J. 2002 Aug ... Japan Thyroiditis, Autoimmune / history* ...
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In 1934 Japan, a country doctor passed away from typhoid fever that was contracted from a patient during one of his many house calls. He was fifty two years old. His death was a quiet affair, and attracted no attention o...
