Friedrich Neelsen
Friedrich Carl Adolf Neelsen (born March 29, 1854 in Uetersen , † April 10, 1894 in Dresden ) was a German pathologist .
Life
Friedrich CA Neelsen came as the son of the deacon Hans Friedrich Neelsen and his wife Bertha Sophia, b. Lüders, in the pastorate in Uetersen. He attended the rector's school in Uetersen and a grammar school in Altona. He studied medicine at the University of Leipzig , where he received his doctorate at the age of 22. He later followed a call to the Pathological Institute at the University of Rostock . Neelsen died on April 10, 1894 as the chief physician in charge of the Pathological Institute at the University of Dresden. He was buried in the Old Annenfriedhof . In 1893 he was elected a member of the Leopoldina .
Neelsen was 40 years old. His years of research with dangerous bacteria ultimately became his own undoing. The scientist and doctor, highly esteemed at home and abroad, was very shy of people and avoided the public whenever he could. But he kept in touch with his hometown until the end of his life.
Act
Together with the neurologist Franz Ziehl , Neelsen developed a method with which one can microscopically detect tubercle bacteria - the " Ziehl-Neelsen staining " for staining these pathogens. After his groundbreaking success, he was appointed associate professor in 1884.
Web links
- Entry on Friedrich Neelsen in the Catalogus Professorum Rostochiensium
- Dresden City Clinic: Friedrich Carl Adolf Neelsen (1885–1894)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Todtenschau . In: Dresdner Geschichtsblätter , No. 3, 1894, p. 150.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neelsen, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Neelsen, Friedrich Carl Adolf (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German physician and pathologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Uetersen |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 1894 |
| Place of death | Dresden |