Bernhard Bang

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Bernhard Laurits Frederik Bang

Bernhard Laurits Frederik Bang (born June 7, 1848 in Sorø on Zealand ; † June 22, 1932 in Copenhagen - Frederiksberg ) was a Danish veterinarian and bacteriologist .

Life

Bang was the son of the teacher and head of the Sorø Akademis lærde skole and later titular professor Jacob Henrik Bang (1809-1899) and Laura Louise Marie Josephine Moth (1814-1891).

Bang studied medicine in Copenhagen until 1872 and veterinary medicine until 1873. He graduated from the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University , received his doctorate in 1880. He went on study trips to European veterinary schools and became professor of surgery at the Veterinary School in Copenhagen. In 1889 he became professor for special pathological anatomy.

From 1932 he was a corresponding member of the Académie des sciences .

Act

As early as the 1890s, Bang was primarily concerned with infectious diseases , in particular with measures to combat bovine tuberculosis and brucellosis . Brucellosis has also been named Bang's disease after him as the discoverer . Bang's work on bovine tuberculosis enabled effective disease control techniques by isolating the sick animals.

literature

  • Victor A. McKusick, T. Franklin Williams: Bernhard Bang . In: Bulletin of the History of Medicine , 28, Johns Hopkins University Press , Baltimore 1945, pp. 60-72.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ biography. Whonamedit.com (English)
  2. ↑ Bernhard Laurits Frederik Bang . genealogy.net
  3. ↑ Laura Louise Marie Josephine Moth . fynhistorie.dk
  4. ↑ Barbara I. Tshisuaka: Bang, Bernhard Laurits Frederik. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 137.
  5. ^ List of members since 1666: Letter B. Académie des sciences, accessed on September 16, 2019 (French).
  6. ↑ B. Bang: The etiology of epidemic ("infectious") rejection. In: German journal for animal medicine. Volume 1, 1897, pp. 241-278.
  7. ^ Christoph Gradmann : Bernhard Laurits Frederik Bang . In: Wolfgang U. Eckart , Christoph Gradmann (Hrsg.): Ärztelexikon. From antiquity to the 20th century . 1st edition. CH Beck, Munich 1995, p. 38. Medical dictionary. From antiquity to the present . 2nd Edition. 2001, pp. 25 + 26. 3. Edition. Springer Verlag, Heidelberg / Berlin / New York 2006, p. 26. Ärztelexikon 2006 , doi: 10.1007 / 978-3-540-29585-3 .
  8. ^ Christoph Gradmann : Bernhard Laurits Frederik Bang . In: Wolfgang U. Eckart , Christoph Gradmann: Ärztelexikon. From antiquity to the 20th century . 1st edition. CH Beck, Munich 1995, p. 38 b .
personal data
SURNAME Bang, Bernhard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bang, Bernhard Laurits Frederik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish doctor and veterinarian
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Soro
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1932
Place of death Copenhagen