Émile van Ermengem
{{Short description|Belgian bacteriologist}}
Émile Pierre-Marie van Ermengem (1851–1932) was a Belgian bacteriologist who, in 1895, isolated Clostridium botulinum, the bacterium that causes botulism, from a piece of ham that had poisoned thirty-four people.
{{cite journal| author = van Ermengem EP| author-link = Émile van Ermengem| date = February 1897| title = Ueber einen neuen anaëroben Bacillus und seine Beziehungen zum Botulismus| journal = Zeitschrift für Hygiene und Infektionskrankheiten| volume = 26| issue = 1| pages = 1–56| doi = 10.1007/BF02220526| s2cid = 29596562| language = German| url = https://zenodo.org/record/2520455}} Reprinted in {{PMID|399378}}
Life
Van Ermengem was born in Leuven on 15 August 1851. After studying in Berlin he became a professor at the University of Ghent. He became a corresponding member of the Académie royale de médecine de Belgique in 1887 and a full member in 1902, serving as secretary 1919–1932.{{Cite web|title=Emile van Ermengem |website=armb.be |publisher=Académie royale de médecine de Belgique |url=http://www.armb.be/index.php?id=5119}}
He died in Ghent on 29 September 1932. His sons were the writer Franz Hellens and the art critic François Maret.
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Bibliography
{{cite book
| author = Novak, John S., Peck, Micheal W.; Juneja, Vijay K.; Johnson, Eric A.
|name-list-style=amp |editor1=Fratamico, Pina M. |editor2=Bhunia, Arun K. |editor3=Smith, James L. | date = 2005
| title = Foodborne pathogens: microbiology and molecular biology
| publisher = Caister Academic Press
| location = Wymondham
| edition = 1st
| chapter = Chapter 19: Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens
| page = 385
| isbn = 978-1-904455-00-4
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=-HNavPPs-JoC
}}
External links
- {{Internet Archive author |sname=Émile van Ermengem}}
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