Information AboutShibasaburo Kitasato |
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He is remembered as the co-discoverer of the infectious agent of Bubonic Plague in Hong Kong in 1894 , simultaneously with Alexandre Yersin . Initially the Bacillus was called ''Pasteurella pestis'' it is now called '' Yersinia Pestis ''. Born on Kyushu , he was educated at Kumamoto Medical School and Imperial University. He worked with Robert Koch in Germany (1885-91), and with Emil Von Behring he was the first to grow the Tetanus bacillus in pure Culture and developed (1890) Antitoxin s for Diphtheria and Anthrax . After returning to Japan in 1891 he founded an institute for the study of infectious diseases. When this was incorporated into Tokyo (ex-Imperial) University in 1914, he resigned and founded the Kitasato Institute, which he headed for the rest of his life. |