1883 KLEBS, Theodor Albrecht Edwin (1834 – 1913)

Ueber Diphtherie.

First account of Corynebacterium diphtheriae (Klebs–Loeffler bacillus), causal organism in diphtheria, discovered by Klebs.

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1884 LOEFFLER, Friedrich August Johann (1852 – 1915)

Untersuchungen über die Bedeutung der Mikroorganismen für die Entstehung der Diphtherie beim Menschen, bei der Taube und beim Kalbe.

Loeffler succeeded in cultivating C. diphtheriae, the diphtheria bacillus. He reproduced the characteristic membrane by swabbing the mucous membranes of various animals with pure cultures of the bacillus. In this pape…

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1931 ANDERSON, James Stirling (1891 – 1976); ET AL

On the existence of two forms of diphtheria bacillus B. diphtheria gravis and B. diphtheriae mitis.

J. S. Anderson, F. C. Happold, J. W. McLeod, and J. G. Thomson were the first to distinguish the gravis, mitis, and intermediate types of C. diphtheriae.

GMN 5072 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/5914