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Hachiro Ohara
Japanese physician, 1882-1943.
Associated eponyms:
Francis' disease
An infectious, plague like, zoonotic disease caused by infection with the bacillus Francisella tularensis. It is found primarily in rodents but also affects humans and many other animals.
Biography:
In 1925, Hachiro Ohara described a disease affecting those who hunted or ate rabbit. The Japanese called it Yato-Byo, meaning rabbit fever, which appeared to be endemic to the Abakuma Mountains. Ohara recorded that during certain seasons, dead rabbits were seen in great numbers and human infection resulted from contact with dead or diseased rabbits.
In an experiment on his wife, Riki Ohara, he rubbed the dorsal surface of her left hand with tissues from an infected rabbit. Within days a large ulcer appeared and she developed clinical symptoms similar to those of people exposed in nature.
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