Löffler

[ lœf-luhr ]

noun

1. Frie·drich Au·gust Jo·han·nes [free, -d, r, i, kh, , ou, -g, oo, st yoh-, hah, -n, uh, s], 1852–1915, German bacteriologist.

Löffler

/ lŭf′lər /

1. German bacteriologist who in 1884 demonstrated that diphtheria was caused by a bacillus described by Edwin Klebs a year earlier. This bacillus is now named after both scientists. Löffler also isolated an organism that causes food poisoning and developed a vaccine against foot-and-mouth disease (1899).

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Intravenous Compound (Loffler) has been on the market ten years; it is unmentioned in the literature of scientific medicine.

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In 1913 Loffler sought a larger field for his peculiar talents and left Colorado Springs.

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The Journal has in its files a large amount of material regarding Loffler.

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About thirty years ago a curious discovery in connection with purulent ophthalmia was made by Dr Loffler, a Prussian army surgeon.

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