Eberth

[ ā′bərt ]

Karl Joseph 1835-1926

German bacteriologist and pathologist who was among the first to identify the bacillus of typhoid fever (1880).

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Words nearby Eberth

ecce homo, ecce signum, eccentric, eccentric hypertrophy, eccentric occlusion, Eberth, eccentrochondroplasia, ecchi, ecchondroma, ecchymoma, ecchymosed

Example sentences from the Web for eberth

The germ which causes this fever has generally been supposed to be the bacillus of Eberth.
Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why|Martha M. Allen
Eberth and Wadsworth86 have shown that the regeneration of corneal epithelium takes place from pre-existing epithelium.
A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I|Various
The malevolent Deus in the sewage machina is, of course, a germ—the Bacillus typhosus of Eberth.
Preventable Diseases|Woods Hutchinson
In 1880, Koch and Eberth isolated the typhoid bacillus, and Sternberg the pneumonia bacillus.
Invention|Bradley A. Fiske

The comma bacillus of Koch, and the typhoid fever germ of Eberth, are especially destroyed in normal gastric juice.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891|Various

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