Noguchi Hideyo

After being treated by a doctor for a burn he suffered when he was young, Hideyo Noguchi decided to become a doctor himself and devoted himself to his studies. As a bacteriologist, he discovered the causes of many diseases.

(Source: Poplar-sha, translated)

Note: The 5th volume in Poplar Publishing's Comic World Biography Series (コミック版 世界の伝記).