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Mar 19, 2024 · Edwin Klebs was a German physician and bacteriologist noted for his work on the bacterial theory of infection. With Friedrich August Johannes Löffler in 1884, he discovered the diphtheria bacillus, known as the Klebs-Löffler bacillus.
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Rudolf Virchow. Doctoral students. Otto Lubarsch. Theodor Albrecht Edwin Klebs (6 February 1834 – 23 October 1913) was a German-Swiss microbiologist. He is mainly known for his work on infectious diseases. His works paved the way for the beginning of modern bacteriology, and inspired Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch.
- German, Swiss
- Otto Lubarsch
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Feb 6, 2023 · Klebs is mainly known for his work on infectious diseases. 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.
Although Edwin Klebs first saw the bacillus causing diphtheria in 1883, it was Friedrich August Johannes Löffler (Loeffler) who isolated the bacillus (Corynebacterium diphtheriae) the following year. Löffler reported that the bacillus was always present in the diphtheritic exudate on the mucous membranes of the larynx and trachea of patients with diphtheria. Furthermore, he isolated the ...
- Robert A. Kyle, David P. Steensma, Marc A. Shampo
- 2015
Edwin Klebs was born 6 February 1834 in Konigsberg. Klebs completed his medical studies in 1858 at the University of Berlin; his dissertation was on tuberculosis, a disease he continued to study throughout his life. After graduating, Klebs practiced medicine for one year in Konigsberg. Klebs
Edwin Klebs's Grundversuche. K. CODELL CARTER. summary: In 1876, discussions of the role of microorganisms. causation focused on anthrax and wound infections, and even. these diseases there was controversy. In a series of papers on of bacteria, Edwin Klebs identified four " Grundversuche " that provided a basis for his own research strategy. The.
Nov 8, 2022 · The Victorian medical world sought to categorise sex anomalies based upon biological, visual evidence. German pathologist Albrecht Edwin Klebs’s classification system, like Krafft-Ebing’s, sought to decrease the “actual” and “true” cases of hermaphroditism by requiring the presence of at least one ovary and testicle.
