Noguchi

[ nuh-goo-chee; Japanese naw-goo-chee ]

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noun

Hi·de·yo [hee, -de-yaw], 1876–1928, Japanese physician and bacteriologist in the U.S.
I·sa·mu [ee, -sah-moo], 1904–88, U.S. sculptor and designer.

Noguchi

/ nɔːˈɡuːtʃɪ /

NoguchiHideyo18761928MJapaneseSCIENCE: bacteriologist Hideyo (ˈhiːdɛˌjɔː). 1876–1928, Japanese bacteriologist, active in the US. He made important discoveries in the treatment of syphilis

Creatively, I admire people like [Jean] Debuffet and Isamu Noguchi.

Three men—Wassermann, Ehrlich, and Noguchi—have supplied the knowledge whereby the evil may be attacked.

For purposes of comparison Dr. Noguchi collected a number of rats in this country and removed their kidneys.

Noguchi has succeeded in obtaining pure cultures from the infected tissues of the rabbit.

Noguchi and Moore have discovered the spirochæte in the brain in a number of cases of general paralysis of the insane.

Then Noguchi with great solemnity unwrapping the present, would slide across the floor and deposit it between the host and myself.

April 18, 2024petrichor

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