﻿NOGUCHI 
  FLEXNEB 
  607 
  

  

  gation 
  of 
  yellow 
  fever 
  by 
  the 
  Rockefeller 
  Foundation 
  as 
  a 
  world 
  

   problem 
  had 
  led 
  to 
  the 
  dispatch 
  of 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  pathologists 
  to 
  Africa, 
  

   among 
  whom 
  was 
  Adrian 
  Stokes, 
  who, 
  just 
  before 
  his 
  death 
  from 
  yel- 
  

   low 
  fever, 
  had 
  determined 
  the 
  existence 
  of 
  a 
  filter-passing 
  virus 
  in 
  

   the 
  African 
  disease. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand, 
  the 
  leptospira 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  

   found 
  in 
  the 
  blood 
  of 
  cases, 
  as 
  had 
  been 
  done 
  in 
  South 
  America. 
  

   This 
  discrepancy 
  only 
  served 
  to 
  increase 
  Noguchi's 
  desire 
  to 
  study 
  the 
  

   African 
  fever 
  at 
  first 
  hand. 
  As 
  his 
  health 
  had 
  meanwhile 
  improved, 
  

   there 
  seemed 
  no 
  sufficient 
  reason 
  for 
  denying 
  him 
  this 
  satisfaction. 
  

  

  Noguchi 
  arrived 
  in 
  Accra, 
  on 
  the 
  Gold 
  Coast, 
  on 
  November 
  17, 
  

   and 
  decided 
  to 
  establish 
  his 
  laboratory 
  there. 
  The 
  British 
  officials 
  

   cooperated 
  in 
  every 
  way, 
  and 
  thi'ough 
  the 
  aid 
  of 
  the 
  Rockefeller 
  

   Foundation 
  staff 
  at 
  Lagos, 
  who 
  lent 
  all 
  assistance, 
  he 
  soon 
  had 
  provi- 
  

   sion 
  for 
  monkeys 
  and 
  for 
  laboratory 
  work 
  meeting 
  all 
  his 
  requirements. 
  

   Noguchi 
  had 
  completed 
  his 
  African 
  studies 
  which, 
  among 
  other 
  things, 
  

   confirmed 
  Stokes's 
  discovery 
  of 
  a 
  virus 
  and 
  failed 
  to 
  yield 
  Lepto- 
  

   spira 
  icteroides; 
  and 
  he 
  was 
  all 
  but 
  ready 
  to 
  embark 
  for 
  home 
  when 
  

   he 
  was 
  himself 
  attacked 
  by 
  yellow 
  fever. 
  He 
  paid 
  a 
  visit 
  to 
  the 
  Lagos 
  

   station 
  on 
  May 
  10, 
  being 
  apparently 
  in 
  perfect 
  health 
  and 
  showing 
  

   the 
  greatest 
  interest 
  in 
  the 
  work 
  going 
  on 
  there. 
  He 
  returned 
  to 
  Accra 
  

   on 
  May 
  12 
  and 
  was 
  already 
  ill. 
  The 
  symptoms 
  increased 
  in 
  intensity, 
  

   and 
  although 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  temporary 
  improvement, 
  alarming 
  symp- 
  

   toms 
  reappeared 
  and 
  his 
  death 
  occurred 
  on 
  May 
  21, 
  1928. 
  Dr. 
  

   William 
  A. 
  Young, 
  the 
  British 
  pathologist 
  at 
  the 
  Accra 
  station 
  who 
  

   undertook 
  to 
  look 
  after 
  Noguchi's 
  incomplete 
  experiments, 
  himself 
  

   fell 
  a 
  victim 
  to 
  yellow 
  fever, 
  from 
  which 
  he 
  died 
  on 
  May 
  29. 
  Stokes, 
  

   Noguchi, 
  Young 
  gave 
  their 
  lives 
  in 
  the 
  pioneer 
  work 
  of 
  establishing 
  

   the 
  nature 
  of 
  African 
  yellow 
  fever 
  which 
  had 
  hitherto 
  been 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   baffling 
  problems 
  of 
  tropical 
  pathology. 
  

  

  Noguchi 
  was 
  an 
  international 
  figure 
  much 
  beloved. 
  His 
  sudden 
  

   death, 
  therefore, 
  came 
  as 
  a 
  shock 
  to 
  the 
  whole 
  world. 
  In 
  virtue 
  of 
  

   the 
  world-wide 
  scale 
  on 
  which 
  he 
  carried 
  out 
  his 
  fruitful 
  investiga- 
  

   gations, 
  he 
  had 
  become 
  known 
  as 
  a 
  leader 
  and 
  pathfinder 
  in 
  bacteri- 
  

   ology. 
  Messages 
  of 
  sympathy 
  and 
  admiration 
  were 
  sent 
  from 
  far 
  

   and 
  near, 
  and 
  the 
  circumstances 
  of 
  his 
  courageous 
  and 
  tragic 
  death 
  

   became 
  the 
  theme 
  of 
  writers 
  in 
  innumerable 
  lay 
  and 
  technical 
  

   journals. 
  

  

  As 
  is 
  often 
  observed 
  among 
  men 
  of 
  his 
  race, 
  Noguchi 
  was 
  of 
  small 
  

   stature 
  and 
  slender 
  build, 
  but 
  his 
  physical 
  movements 
  were 
  extra- 
  

   ordinarily 
  alert 
  and 
  precise. 
  He 
  carried 
  his 
  well-shaped 
  head 
  sur- 
  

   mounted 
  by 
  a 
  heavy 
  growth 
  of 
  black 
  hair 
  erect 
  on 
  strong 
  shoulders, 
  

   and 
  his 
  well-molded 
  features 
  were 
  dominated 
  and 
  lit 
  up 
  by 
  eyes 
  of 
  

   unusual 
  eagerness 
  and 
  quickness 
  of 
  glance. 
  His 
  expression 
  was 
  

   genial 
  and 
  almost 
  never 
  severe, 
  although 
  Mr. 
  Konenkov 
  has 
  caught 
  

   the 
  latter 
  mood 
  in 
  the 
  portrait 
  bust 
  for 
  which 
  Noguchi 
  sat 
  during 
  

  

  