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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Historical Examples
The germ which causes this fever has generally been supposed to be the bacillus of Eberth.
Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and WhyMartha M. Allen
In 1880, Koch and Eberth isolated the typhoid bacillus, and Sternberg the pneumonia bacillus.
InventionBradley A. Fiske
The comma bacillus of Koch, and the typhoid fever germ of Eberth, are especially destroyed in normal gastric juice.
The malevolent Deus in the sewage machina is, of course, a germ—the Bacillus typhosus of Eberth.
Preventable DiseasesWoods Hutchinson
Eberth and Wadsworth86 have shown that the regeneration of corneal epithelium takes place from pre-existing epithelium.