Ludwig Brieger
Ludwig Brieger (born July 26, 1849 in Glatz , district of Glatz , province of Silesia , † October 18, 1919 in Berlin ) was Professor of Medicine at the Humboldt University in Berlin .
Life
Brieger studied medicine at the universities of Breslau , Strasbourg , Vienna and Berlin and received his doctorate in medicine in 1874 with a thesis on lung burn . He was the co-founder and editor of the Journal of Experimental Pathology and Therapy . He researched metabolic and infectious diseases and examined the basic nature of bacterial toxins . In 1885 he was the first to isolate 1,5-diaminopentane ( cadaverine ) and in 1890 he coined the term toxin when studying the toxins of Salmonella Typhimurium , the causative agent of typhoid .
Works
- About Ptomaine (Cadaveralkaloids) with reference to the plant poisons to be taken into account in forensic chemical investigations , C. Lehmann, 1882
- Further research on Ptomaine , A. Hirschwald, 1885
Web links
- Literature by and about Ludwig Brieger in the catalog of the German National Library
- An obituary in the journal he founded for experimental pathology and therapy
literature
- Maximilian Watzka: Brieger, Ludwig. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 612 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from October 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.tititudorancea.com/z/cadaverine.htm
- ↑ L. Brieger, C. Fraenkel: Studies on bacterial toxins , Berlin Klin. Wochenschr. 1890; 27: 231-246, 268-271.
- ↑ Helmut Brade (Ed.): Endotoxin in Health and Disease. CRC Press, 1999, ISBN 0-8247-1944-1 , p. 6.
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SURNAME | Brieger, Ludwig |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medic |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 26, 1849 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bald |
DATE OF DEATH | October 18, 1919 |
Place of death | Berlin |