Emile van Ermengem
Emile Pierre Marie van Ermengem (born August 15, 1851 in Leuven , † September 29, 1932 in Ixelles / Elsene ) was a Belgian doctor from Ghent .
In 1896 he succeeded for the first time in isolating the bacterium Clostridium botulinum from components of a spoiled ham , after several people became seriously ill as a result of eating this ham, some even died. Such “meat poisoning” or “sausage poisoning” was already known as botulism (derived from the Latin term botulus for “sausage”). Van Ermengem initially chose the name Bacillus botulinus for the microorganism . The toxin was later called botulinum toxin .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Emile van Ermengem: About a new anaerobic Bacillus and its relationship to botulism . In: Medical Microbiology and Immunology . tape 26 , no. 1 , 1897, p. 1-56 , doi : 10.1007 / BF02220526 .
- ^ Andy Pickett: On the discovery of Bacillus botulinus . In: The Botulinum J. Band 1 , no. 1 , 2008, p. 5 , doi : 10.1504 / TBJ.2008.018957 .
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| SURNAME | Van Ermengem, Emile |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Van Ermengem, Emile Pierre Marie (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Belgian medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lions |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 29, 1932 |
| Place of death | Ixelles / Elsene |