O. E. H. Wucherer
Otto Wucherer (1820-1873)
Otto Edward Henry Wucherer (7 July 1820 – 7 May 1873) was a Brazilian physician, born to a Dutch mother and German father.
He was born in Oporto, later moving to Hamburg, where he worked in a pharmacy. He studied medicine at the University of Tübingen. He later practiced in London at St Bartholomew's Hospital and in Lisbon. In 1843 he relocated to Brazil, eventually settling as a doctor in Salvador, Bahia, where he lived until 1871.[1]
He discovered the filaria larvae in Bahia. His name is associated with the roundworm genus Wuchereria. He described the snake species Atractus guentheri and Xenopholis scalaris.[2]
He was co-founder of the journal Gazeta Médica da Bahia.[1]
References
- B.G. Firkin & J.A.Whitworth (1987). Dictionary of Medical Eponyms. Parthenon Publishing. ISBN 1-85070-333-7
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Historical and Biographical Dictionary of the Health Sciences in Brazil (1832-1930)
- ↑ NeglectedScience (biographical information)
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