Julius Dreschfeld

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Julius Dreschfeld (1846-1907) was a leading British physician and pathologist.

Born in Bavaria of Jewish parents, he was educated at Owens College, Manchester, and Manchester Royal School of Medicine.

After being awarded an MD in Würzburg in 1864, he became a surgeon in the Bavarian Army. He settled in Manchester in 1869 and was on the staff of Manchester Royal Infirmary, 1873-1907; he was elected FRCP, 1883. He was professor of pathology (1881-91) and of medicine (1891-1907) at the Victoria University of Manchester. He almost forestalled Louis Pasteur in his researches on hydrophobia, 1882-3. He was also an expert neurologist. He published numerous scientific papers in English and German journals.

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