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His works paved the way for the beginning of modern bacteriology, and inspired Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch. He was the first to identify a bacterium that causes diphtheria , which was called Klebs–Loeffler bacterium (now Corynebacterium diphtheriae ).
From researches on tuberculosis he was able to produce bovine infection by means of milk. In 1878 he successfully transmitted syphilis to monkeys, antedating the experiments of Élie Metchnikoff and Émile Roux by 25 years. He also studied malaria, hemorrhagic pancreatitis, and gigantism.
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Mar 6, 2021 · German/Swiss microbiologist Theodor Albrecht Edwin Klebs (1834–1913), renowned predominantly for pioneering modern bacteriology and the study of infectious diseases (he identified the bacterium causing infection with diphtheria), introduced paraffin wax embedding around 1869.
- Angela Tomei Robinson
- 2021
Edwin Klebs' Criteria for Disease Causality. precise causal notions of early nineteenth century medicine with the more elaborate conceptions of the germ theory. For these reasons Klebs' thoughts about causal criteria deserve careful attention. Edwin Klebs was born 6 February 1834 in Konigsberg.
Edwin Klebs (klāps), 1834–1913, German-American pathologist, b. Prussia. He was an assistant of Rudolf Virchow and professor of pathology at Zürich (1872–92) and from 1896 at Rush Medical College, Chicago. He is known for his many original observations on the pathology of infectious diseases.
Listen to. this article. Text. Abstract. Theodor Albrecht Edwin Klebs, a native of Königsberg and contemporary of Pasteur and Koch, had an unrivaled experience in pathological anatomy and gained scientific rewards comparable to other great European bacteriologists. 1 Klebs studied medicine in Königsberg with Rathke, Helmholtz, and others, and ...
May 25, 2010 · The man who introduced paraffin embedding in 1869 was Edwin Klebs (1834–1913). To improve the embedding process, hardening and dehydration were necessary. Chromic acid (1844), chrom-osmium-acetic acid and Zenker’s fluid entered routine use for this purpose.
