1849 GROS, G

Fragments d’helminthologie et de physiologie microscopique.

First observations of entozoic amoebae.

GMN 5183.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6314

1856 JIMÉNEZ, Miguel Francisco (1813 – 1876)

Clinica médica. Abcesos del higado.

Jimenez gave a classic account of liver abscess in amoebiasis.

GMN 5183.2 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6317

1875 LÖSCH, Friedrich (1840 – 1903)

Massenhafte Entwickelung von Amöben im Dickdarm.

Lösch discovered Entamoeba histolytica as the infective agent in amoebic dysentery. Before this time distinction between the different forms of dysentery had been made on purely clinical grounds. English translation i…

GMN 5184 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6320

1919 DOBELL, Clifford (1886 – 1949)

The amoebae living in man; a zoological monograph.

"I have attempted in this monograph to give an accurate and concise account of all the amoebae which live in human beings." Digital facsimile from Biodiversity Heritage Library at this link.

GMN 11486 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/13685