1817 KERNER, Christian Andreas Justinus (1786 – 1862)

Vergiftung durch verdorbene Würste.

Botulism first described. Kerner published an expanded study as Neue Beobachtungen über die in Würtemberg so häufig vorfallenden tödtlichen Vergiftung durch den Genuss geräuchter Würstem, Tübingen, 1820. He published …

GMN 2468 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3039

1856 PANUM, Peter Ludvig (1820 – 1885)

Bidrag til Laeren om den saakaldte putride eller septiske Infection.

Panum was the first to investigate the chemical products of putrefaction. His work had great significance for the doctrine of putrid intoxication. An abstract of the above paper is in jb. in-u. ausländ. ges. Med., 185…

GMN 2534 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3520

1897 ERMENGEM, Émile Pierre Marie van (1851 – 1932)

Contribution à l’ètude des intoxications alimentaires. Recherches sur des accidents à caractères botuliniques provoqués par du jambon.

Cl. botulinum was discovered by van Ermengem in cases of food poisoning.

GMN 2510 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/3244