1878 ISRAEL, James Adolf (1848 – 1926)

Neue Beobachtungen auf dem Gebiete der Mykosen des Menschen.

Israel contributed an important early paper on the ray fungus Actinomyces. He included some drawings made by Langenbeck in 1845 and was the first to describe a human case of actinomycosis.

GMN 5511 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6512

1880 PONFICK, Emil (1844 – 1913)

Ueber Actinomykose.

Ponfick recognized the causative role of Actinomyces in human actinomycosis; he established the identity of the human and animal forms of the disease. He published a book on the subject, Die Actinomykose des Menschen,…

GMN 5512 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6513

1890 BOSTROEM, Eugen Woldemar (1850 – 1928)

Untersuchungen über die Aktinomykose des Menschen.

Isolation of Actinomyces graminis from human actinomycosis, and staining method for Actinomyces.

GMN 5513 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6516

1891 EPPINGER, Hans, senior (1846 – 1916)

Ueber eine neue, pathogene Cladothrix und eine durch sie hervorgerufene Pseudotuberculosis (cladothrichica).

Eppinger isolated Cladothrix (Nocardia) asteroides in a patient suffering from pseudotuberculosis with brain abscesses and meningitis.

GMN 5513.1 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6518

1891 ISRAEL, James Adolf (1848 – 1926); WOLFF, Max (1844 – 1923)

Ueber Reincultur des Actinomyces und seine Uebertragbarkeit auf Thiere.

Isolation of Actinomyces bovis, later called Actinomyces israelii.

GMN 5514 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/6520