Einosuke Harada
Einosuke Harada | |
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Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada syndrome |
Einosuke Harada (原田 永之助, Harada Einosuke, February 25, 1892 – December 20, 1946) was a Japanese
ophthalmologist who reported a condition now known as Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease
.
Career
He was born in Goryo,
Tokyo Imperial University
, he became an
army-doctor-to-be. He graduated from Tokyo University in 1917. After studying internal medicine, he entered the Department of Ophthalmology under Shinobu Ishihara in January, 1922.[1]
In December 1922, he first reported "A case of acute diffuse choroiditis with retinal detachment" at a meeting of ophthalmologists in Tokyo; this work became a paper in 1926,[2] recognized for its comprehensive description of what is now known as Vogt–Koyanagi–Harada disease.[3]
He later worked in
A-bomb
. On December 20, 1946, he died of pneumonia at the age of 54.