Editing Hideyo Noguchi (section)

=== Noguchi's patrons ===
[[File:Hideyo Noguchi.jpg|thumb|Young Hideyo Noguchi]]

Dr. Watanabe introduced Noguchi to [[Morinosuke Chiwaki|Chiwaki Morinosuke]] founder of the Takayama Dental College (precursor to the [[Tokyo Dental College]]) who made him an apprentice. Both Noguchi and Morinosuke became close friend. Morinosuke felt Noguchi showed great talent. 

Noguchi's main benefactors were, Sakae Kobayashi, his elementary school teacher and father figure,<ref name=":17">{{Cite book |last=Plesset |first=Isabel |title=Noguchi and his Patrons |publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson University Press |location=Rutherford, N.J |publication-date=1980 |page=117}}</ref> Kanae Watanabe, the doctor who performed surgery on his hand,<ref name=":16">{{Cite journal |last=Yoshimine; Do; Moriyama; Yanagisawa; Takayesu; Ishikawa |first=Norio; Shinichi; Norinaga; Takaaki; Yoshinori; Tatsuya |date=1999 |title=The Villa of the Late Dr. Hideyo Noguchi in Shandaken, New York State and the Tokyo Dental College |url=https://archive.org/details/hideyo-noguchi-in-shandaken-new-york/The%20Villa%20of%20the%20Hideyo%20Noguchi%20ni%20Shandaken%20%281%29%20/mode/2up |journal=Journal of the Japanese Society of Dentistry History |volume=1 |issue=1 |via=National Library Diet Digital Collection}}</ref> and Morinosuke Chiwaki, who helped fund his travel to the United States.<ref name=":10">{{Cite book |last=Kita |first=Atsushi |title=Dr. Noguchi's Journey: A Life of Medical Search and Discovery |publisher=Kodansha USA |year=2005 |pages=viii}}</ref>