Talk:Kitasato Shibasaburō

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Which is it?[edit]

In the plague article it is claimed that Yersin was given credit for the discovery due to "confusing and contradictory" statements on the part of Kitasato, rather than greater dissemenation of the former's work. Which?--Timtak (talk) 05:22, 14 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Co-discoverer[edit]

If Kitasato didn't actually identify the Yersinia pestis bacillus, why is he recognized as a co-discoverer of the cause of the bubonic plague? howcheng {chat} 19:06, 24 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Most scholarly work accepts that he did identify it; hence being given credit as co-discoverer in most microbiology textbooks and other texts for specialists. The historian Norman Howard-Jones re-opened this controversy in 1973 by pointing out that Kitasato's Japanese colleagues attacked this claim at the time, and in spite of a thorough rebuttal on scientific and evidentiary grounds by the microbiologists Bibel and Chen, several popular historians have taken Howard-Jones' side, leading to the current misconception among non-specialists that it was Yersin alone - largely because the bacteria was re-named after him. The bacteria was re-named because of a change in taxonomic classification to credit Yersin's discovery of the plague anti-serum later on, not to reflect sole credit for the discovery of the bacillus itself. I've corrected this and cited sources. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.181.105.133 (talk) 09:30, 10 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Mechanical Filter[edit]

This article here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%BCchner_flask

Mentions a Kitasato. Is this the same guy? If so, could the article here mention it and cross-reference?

I found somewhere on the www a reference to a "Kitasato" Filter, as opposed to the less granular Chamberland filter. IF it is this person then it should be mentioned perhaps, because in another article Kitasato is mentioned, as the above link shows (at the least in February 2021). But of course, right now I do not know if it is the same guy; if someone can verify it, then perhaps the article can mention it and cross-reference onto that filter. I do not know how many famous Kitasato's exist though. 2A02:8388:1602:6D80:C080:419D:679D:C9F8 (talk) 20:07, 2 March 2021 (UTC)[reply]