Klebs

American  

[klebz, kleyps] / klɛbz, kleɪps /

noun

1. Edwin 1834–1913, German pathologist and bacteriologist.

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Klebs Scientific  

/ klāps /

1. German bacteriologist who described the diphtheria bacillus in 1883 although he did not demonstrate it to be the cause of the disease. It wasn't until a year later that Friedrich Löffler made the causal link between the disease and the bacillus, which is now named after both of them. Klebs also demonstrated the presence of bacteria in infected wounds and showed that tuberculosis can be transmitted through infected milk.

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Example Sentences

Pasteur, Koch, Klebs, Roux and Yersin established the science of bacteriology, and between 1880 and 1900 the microbial origins of numerous diseases were demonstrated.

From Time Magazine Archive

For most of the twentieth century, medicine had been using the same primitive diagnostic criterion of sex formulated by Klebs way back in 1876.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

Klebs had begun the task, but the world had to wait another hundred years for Peter Luce to come along and finish it.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

This view acquired prominence through the investigations of Klebs, who in 1877 claimed to have isolated the micrococci which produced tubercles when injected into animals.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The scene with von Klebs and Beckmann not only illustrates social conditions in the town, but begins to connect Dall’Orto with the lost daughter by showing the extraordinary interest of Hefferdingt in meeting the singer.

From Dramatic Technique by Baker, George Pierce