Alberto Ascoli
Alberto Ascoli (born August 15, 1877 in Trieste , † September 28, 1957 in Milan ) was an Italian serologist , hygienist and physiological chemist .
He studied in Vienna, Marburg an der Lahn and Pavia . The doctor of medicine he was awarded in 1901 in Vienna and in 1902 in Pavia.
He spent some time as an assistant at the Institute of Obstetrics. He was then deputy director of the Serotherapeutic Institute in Milan.
The Ascoli reaction is used to detect anthrax by thermal precipitation (compare precipitation (immunology) ), that is, on the basis of the prompt annular turbidity when a filtrate of boiled tissue particles is overlaid with the specifically precipitating diagnostic serum.
Ascoli was awarded an Antonio Feltrinelli Prize in 1954 .
Works
- About the pure breeding of Bang's Bacillus in Medical Microbiology and Immunology ; December 1913
- The Anachorese : A biological process
- The precise diagnosis of anthrax. ; 1911
- Outline of serology ; 2nd Edition; Vienna, 1915
literature
- Susanne Blumesberger, Michael Doppelhofer, Gabriele Mauthe: Handbook of Austrian authors of Jewish origin from the 18th to the 20th century . Volume 1: A-I. Edited by the Austrian National Library. Saur, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-598-11545-8 , p. 43 ( limited preview in Google book search).
Web links
- Whonamedit: Alberto Ascoli
- Alberto Ascoli: EVALUATION OF BCG In: Can Med Assoc J. 1947 August; 57 (2): 157-161. PMC 1590604 (free full text)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ascoli, Alberto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian serologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trieste |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 28, 1957 |
| Place of death | Milan |