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Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser (22 January 1855, Schweidnitz – 30 July 1916, Breslau) was a German physician who discovered the causative agent of gonorrhea, a strain of bacteria that was named in his honour (Neisseria gonorrhoeae).
Jan 6, 2015 · Albert Neisser was a German physician who discovered the causative agent of gonorrhea and leprosy. He was also a friend and correspondent of Gustav Mahler, and stayed in his villa in Breslau.
This article provides a brief biography of Albert Neisser, focusing on his discoveries in the area of infectious diseases, the so-called Neisser-Hansen controversy, and the situation leading to changes in defining bioethics.
Jan 22, 2017 · Albert Neisser (1855-1916) was a dermatologist who identified the bacterium that causes gonorrhea and leprosy. He also conducted controversial experiments on syphilis patients without their consent and promoted public health measures for venereal diseases.
Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser, MD (1855-1916), was a Prussian dermatologist and bacteriologist known for both his discoveries and controversies. His strict physician father would often tell Albert to “work” whenever they entered the same room.
- Kishore L Jayakumar, Jules B Lipoff
- 2017
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Albert Ludwig Neisser* is remembered mainly as the discoverer of the etiologic agent of gonorrhea and because he is memorialized eponymically with the bacterial genus to which it belongs. The generic name “Neisseria” was already proposed in 1885 by V. Trevisan, an Italian bacteriologist (1), but it was not adopted generally until the 1930s.
Albert Ludwig Sigesmund Neisser (22 January 1855, Schweidnitz – 30 July 1916, Breslau) was a German physician who discovered the causative agent ( pathogen) of gonorrhea, a strain of bacteria that was named in his honour ( Neisseria gonorrhoeae ).
