Editing Hideyo Noguchi (section)

=== Early education ===
In 1883, Noguchi entered Mitsuwa elementary school. His teacher elementary teacher Kobayashi saw his talent and due to generous contributions from his teacher, Noguchi received surgery for his left hand fifteen years after the accident.  {{nihongo|Dr. Kanae Watanabe|渡部 鼎|''Watanabe Kanae''}} was the surgeon that operated on Noguchi's hand at his clinic in [[Aizuwakamatsu]].<ref name=":37" />

Noguchi recovered some functionality of his left hand. Afterwards, Noguchi decided to become a doctor. In 1893, sixteen year old Noguchi apprenticed with the same clinic as the doctor who had performed his surgery.<ref name=":37" />

Japan was undergoing a modernization of its medical system during the [[Meiji Restoration|Meji Restoration]]. In 1872, Japan introduced [[Medical license|medical examination]] for doctors, a costly and time consuming process. Although graduates of the [[University of Tokyo|Imperial University]], an exclusive and elite college, in Tokyo were exempt from the examinations.<ref name=":37" /> 

Noguchi was not able to get into the Imperial University because of his peasant class. In 1896, he left for Tokyo to receive formal training and prepare for his examination. After one month, Noguchi passed his written portion, and subsequently passed the clinical examinations at twenty years old.<ref name=":37" /> He worked at the port of Yokohama as a quarantine officer, earning 35 yen a month.<ref name=":56" />

During this period, he indulged in brothels and wine.<ref name=":56">{{Cite web |date=November 24, 204 |title=Discordant notes... |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2004/11/21/general/discordant-notes/}}</ref> In 1898, Noguchi changed his first name to Hideyo after reading a novel by Japanese author [[Tsubouchi Shōyō]] about a college student whose character had the same name as him. The character in the story, Seisaku, was an intelligent medical student but became lazy and ruined his life.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Tan |first1=Siang Yong |last2=Furubayashi |first2=Jill |date=October 2014 |title=Hideyo Noguchi (1876–1928): Distinguished bacteriologist |journal=Singapore Medical Journal |volume=55 |issue=10 |pages=550–551 |doi=10.11622/smedj.2014140 |issn=0037-5675 |pmc=4293967 |pmid=25631898}}</ref> 

Noguchi received a position at the [[Kitasato University|Kitasato Research]]. Although, he was an outsider as one of the few doctors to have not graduated from the Imperial University.<ref name=":37" />