Friedrich Loeffler

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Friedrich August Johannes Loeffler
Friedrich August Johannes Loeffler
Born	June 24, 1852
Died	April 9, 1915
Nationality	German
Fields	bacteriology
Institutions	University of Greifswald
Known for	Corynebacterium diphtheriae Aphthovirus

Friedrich August Johannes Loeffler (June 24, 1852 – April 9, 1915) was a German bacteriologist at the University of Greifswald. Among his discoveries was the organism causing diphtheria (Corynebacterium diphtheriae) and the cause of foot and mouth disease (Aphthovirus). He also created a coagulated blood serum used for the detection of the bacteria.

The German Federal Research Institute for Animal Health on the Isle of Riems near Greifswald is named in his honor.

[edit] References

• BOCHALLI, R (1959), “[Friedrich Loeffler, his life & works; on the occasion of 75th return of the anniversary of the discovery of the diphtheria bacillus.]”, Medizinische Monatsschrift 13 (1): 59-62, 1959 Jan, PMID:13632391, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/13632391> 
• HOWARD, D H (1963), “Friedrich LOEFFLER and the Thessalian field mouse plague of 1892.”, Jornal de historia da medicina 18: 272-81, 1963 Jul, PMID:13955107, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/13955107> 
• Kaiser, G (1965), “[Friedrich Loeffler on his 80th birthday]”, Archiv für orthopädische und Unfall-Chirurgie 58 (2): 85-7, 1965, PMID:5327173, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/5327173> 
• Matiner, H R (1967), “[In memory of Friedrich Loeffler]”, Archiv für orthopädische und Unfall-Chirurgie 62 (4): 269-72, 1967, PMID:4875506, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4875506> 
• Blencke, B (1967), “[In memory of Professor Friedrich Loeffler]”, Zeitschrift für Orthopädie und ihre Grenzgebiete 103 (3): 273-6, 1967 Aug, PMID:4233465, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4233465> 
• “Friedrich Loeffler (1852-1915). Klebs-Loeffler bacillus.”, JAMA 210 (6): 1096-7, 1969, 1969 Nov 10, PMID:4898725, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/4898725> 
• Hauck, P (1978), “[Opening address of the scientific festive colloquium commemorating the 125th birthday of Friedrich Loeffler on June 21st and 22d, 1977 in Greifswald]”, Archiv für experimentelle Veterinärmedizin 32 (3): 311-2, 1978, PMID:29591, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29591> 
• Hüller, H; Berndt, H G & Dittrich, M (1978), “[The work of Friedrich Loeffler in Greifswald]”, Archiv für experimentelle Veterinärmedizin 32 (3): 313-8, 1978, PMID:358941, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/358941> 
• Bethge, R & Knöfler, E W (1983), “[30 years of the East Germany Orthopedic Society--in memory of its co-founder and 1st chairman Friedrich Loeffler]”, Beiträge zur Orthopädie und Traumatologie 30 (5): 233-6, 1983 May, PMID:6349609, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6349609> 
• Beer, J (1985), “[Friedrich Loeffler as a founder of virology]”, Archiv für experimentelle Veterinärmedizin 39 (5): 623-30, 1985 Sep, PMID:3907574, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3907574> 
• Mochmann, H & Köhler, W (1990), “[Friedrich Loeffler (1852-1915)--his contributions to bacteriology and virology. In memory of the 75th anniversary of his death]”, Zeitschrift für ärztliche Fortbildung 84 (8): 400-6, 1990, PMID:2198709, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2198709> 
• Wittmann, Wolfgang & Lafer, Edeltraud Maria (2002), “Friedrich Loeffler's way to tbe Isle of Riems near Greifswald.”, Historia medicinae veterinariae 27 (1-4): 217-30, 2002, PMID:12506922, <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12506922> 

[edit] External links

• www.fli.bund.de - German Federal Research Institute for Animal Health