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  AlSriTUAL 
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  SMITHSONIAN- 
  INSTITUTION, 
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  physician 
  in 
  chief 
  to 
  the 
  Central 
  Medical 
  Bureau, 
  which 
  comprised 
  

   both 
  a 
  hospital 
  and 
  bacteriological 
  laboratory. 
  The 
  plague 
  having 
  

   disappeared 
  from 
  this 
  region, 
  he 
  was 
  transferred 
  to 
  Manchuria 
  under 
  

   a 
  Russian 
  medical 
  commission, 
  where 
  he 
  remained 
  until 
  the 
  Boxer 
  

   outbreak, 
  when 
  he 
  returned 
  to 
  the 
  Institute 
  of 
  Infectious 
  Diseases 
  in 
  

   Tokyo. 
  

  

  From 
  1899 
  until 
  1900 
  Noguchi 
  published 
  several 
  textbooks, 
  includ- 
  

   ing 
  volumes 
  on 
  the 
  methods 
  of 
  pathological 
  and 
  bacteriological 
  study, 
  

   general 
  pathology 
  and 
  morphology 
  of 
  the 
  teeth, 
  and 
  he 
  translated 
  

   from 
  German 
  into 
  Japanese 
  the 
  first 
  part 
  of 
  Hueppe's 
  popular 
  man- 
  

   ual 
  of 
  hygiene. 
  

  

  I 
  come 
  now 
  to 
  the 
  chance 
  meeting 
  which 
  I 
  had 
  with 
  Noguchi 
  in 
  

   Tokyo. 
  In 
  the 
  spring 
  of 
  1899, 
  I 
  was 
  sent 
  by 
  the 
  Johns 
  Hopkins 
  

   University 
  as 
  a 
  member 
  of 
  a 
  medical 
  commission 
  to 
  the 
  Philippines 
  

   in 
  order 
  to 
  study 
  tropical 
  diseases 
  among 
  American 
  soldiers, 
  and 
  on 
  

   this 
  occasion 
  I 
  made 
  a 
  visit 
  also 
  to 
  Japan. 
  We 
  requested 
  permission 
  

   from 
  Professor 
  Kitasato 
  to 
  visit 
  his 
  institute, 
  and 
  the 
  invitation 
  to 
  

   do 
  so 
  was 
  brought 
  to 
  the 
  hotel 
  by 
  Noguchi. 
  The 
  latter 
  having 
  

   extended 
  the 
  courteous 
  invitation, 
  expressed 
  a 
  wish 
  to 
  go 
  to 
  the 
  

   United 
  States 
  to 
  study 
  pathology 
  and 
  bacteriology. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  only 
  proper 
  to 
  state 
  that 
  no 
  particular 
  encouragement 
  was 
  

   given 
  to 
  this 
  request. 
  It 
  is 
  desirable 
  to 
  explain 
  that 
  the 
  writer 
  was 
  

   not 
  returning 
  to 
  the 
  Johns 
  Hopkins 
  Medical 
  School 
  in 
  the 
  autumn, 
  

   but 
  was 
  about 
  to 
  transfer 
  to 
  the 
  University 
  of 
  Pennsylvania. 
  To 
  

   avoid 
  embarrassment, 
  Noguchi 
  was 
  asked 
  to 
  write 
  him 
  there. 
  In 
  

   due 
  time 
  a 
  letter, 
  composed 
  in 
  English 
  which 
  under 
  the 
  circumstances 
  

   must 
  be 
  regarded 
  as 
  remarkable, 
  arrived. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  meantime, 
  encouraged 
  by 
  a 
  loan 
  of 
  500 
  yen 
  (about 
  $250) 
  

   from 
  Yashuhei 
  Yako, 
  Noguchi 
  consulted 
  Mr. 
  Kobayashi 
  about 
  his 
  

   desire 
  to 
  go 
  to 
  America. 
  His 
  teacher 
  is 
  reported 
  to 
  have 
  said 
  to 
  him 
  

   that 
  "money 
  borrowed 
  is 
  not 
  like 
  money 
  earned. 
  Once 
  it 
  is 
  spent 
  

   another 
  loan 
  is 
  asked 
  for; 
  hence 
  he 
  would 
  do 
  weU 
  to 
  think 
  twice 
  before 
  

   going 
  abroad 
  on 
  borrowed 
  money." 
  The 
  advice 
  determined 
  Noguchi 
  

   to 
  earn 
  the 
  necessary 
  money. 
  This 
  accomplished, 
  he 
  went 
  again 
  to 
  

   his 
  teacher 
  to 
  ask 
  him 
  to 
  look 
  after 
  his 
  parents, 
  brothers, 
  and 
  sisters 
  

   in 
  his 
  absence. 
  Mr. 
  Kobayashi's 
  account 
  of 
  this 
  incident 
  represents 
  

   Noguchi 
  as 
  saying, 
  "If 
  I 
  wish 
  to 
  be 
  filial 
  and 
  faithful 
  to 
  the 
  

   Noguchi 
  family, 
  I 
  feel 
  in 
  duty 
  bound 
  to 
  remain 
  in 
  my 
  country, 
  and 
  

   so 
  must 
  sacrifice 
  my 
  cherished 
  hope. 
  If 
  I 
  go 
  to 
  America, 
  I 
  must 
  for- 
  

   sake 
  my 
  dear 
  mother. 
  What 
  then 
  am 
  I 
  to 
  do?" 
  Mr. 
  Kobayashi, 
  

   feeling 
  that 
  no 
  ordinary 
  obstacle 
  should 
  be 
  permitted 
  to 
  prevent 
  the 
  

   fulfilment 
  of 
  so 
  deep 
  an 
  aspiration, 
  promised 
  to 
  look 
  after 
  the 
  famOy, 
  

   whereupon 
  the 
  two 
  friends 
  clasped 
  hands 
  and 
  wept, 
  and 
  Noguchi 
  

   said, 
  "Allow 
  me 
  in 
  the 
  future 
  to 
  call 
  you 
  father," 
  to 
  which 
  consent 
  

   was 
  given. 
  Thereafter 
  in 
  his 
  letters 
  Noguchi 
  always 
  addressed 
  Mr. 
  

  

  