Arthur Felix
Arthur Felix (born April 3, 1887 in Andrychów , † January 17, 1956 in England ) was a bacteriologist .
Arthur Felix worked and researched in Bielsko , Vienna , Prague and London , among others . Together with Edmund Weil , he developed the Weil-Felix reaction in 1915 to detect typhus and other rickettsioses in the urine . From 1921 to 1925 Felix worked in Jerusalem for the Hadassah Medical Organization . In 1925 he returned to London and worked for the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine .
The A. Felix Public Health Laboratories in Tel Aviv is named after him.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Felix, Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | bacteriologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 3, 1887 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Andrychów |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th January 1956 |
| Place of death | England |