Ludwig Brieger
{{Short description|German physician, pathologist, and chemist.}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ludwig Brieger
| image = Людвиг Бригер.jpg
| native_name_lang = Ludwig Brieger
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1849|07|26}}
| birth_place = Kłodzko
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1919|10|18|1849|07|26}}{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wM4-AQAAMAAJ&dq=ludwig+brieger&pg=PA277 | title=Medical Record | date=1909 | publisher=W. Wood. }}
| death_place = Berlin, Germany
| education = Doctor of medicine
| alma_mater = University of Strasbourg
| occupation = medicine, pathology and chemistry
}}
Ludwig Brieger (1849–1919, Glatze (now Klodzko, Poland)) was a German physician, pathologist, and chemist.{{Cite web |last=Biographie |first=Deutsche |title=Brieger, Ludwig – Deutsche Biographie |url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/ppn117631191.html |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=www.deutsche-biographie.de |language=de}}
Biography
After graduating from the gymnasium in Glatz, he studied at the University of Breslau and University of Stratsburg, where he graduated with the D.M. degree in 1875.{{Cite web |title=BRIEGER, LUDWIG - JewishEncyclopedia.com |url=https://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/3708-brieger-ludwig |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=www.jewishencyclopedia.com}}
From 1879 to 1886 he worked at the Charité Clinic and became a professor in 1882.{{Cite web |date=2020-10-29 |title=Brieger – Altmeyers Encyclopedia – Department Dermatology |url=https://www.altmeyers.org/en/dermatology/brieger-131641 |access-date=2023-11-02 |website=www.altmeyers.org |language=en}}
From 1891 to 1900 he was head of the department of the Institute for Infectious Diseases, where he collaborated with Robert Koch.File:Ludwig Brieger (Berliner Leben 1909-07 RSiegert).jpg
From 1900 he worked as a professor of general internal medicine.
He investigated metabolic and infectious diseases and explored the basic nature of bacterial toxins. In the early 1880s he conducted research on cadaveric poisons. In 1885 he was the first to isolate 1,5-diaminopentane (cadaverine). In 1890 he introduced the term toxin in his study of the toxins of Salmonella Typhimurium (the causative agent of typhoid fever).{{cite book |doi=10.1016/B978-0-12-812754-4.00003-0 |chapter=Diphtheria and tetanus: The discovery of passive immunization |title=A New History of Vaccines for Infectious Diseases |date=2022 |last1=Rees |first1=Anthony R. |pages=119–151 |isbn=978-0-12-812754-4 |s2cid=245981009 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AEAyEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA119 }}
Ludwig Brieger is considered the discoverer of toxalbumin.{{cite journal |last1=Nasiripourdori |first1=Adak |last2=Taly |first2=Valérie |last3=Grutter |first3=Thomas |last4=Taly |first4=Antoine |date= 2011|title=From Toxins Targeting Ligand Gated Ion Channels to Therapeutic Molecules |journal=Toxins |volume=3 |issue=3 |pages=260–293 |doi=10.3390/toxins3030260 |pmid=22069709 |pmc=3202823 |doi-access=free }}
In the colonial zone, Brieger became known for his research on arrow poisons, snake poisons and plant poisons.{{cite journal |id={{ProQuest|89002269}} |last1=HAKUCIT |first1=SIMON |title=PROFESSOR LUDWIG BRIEGER |journal=Medical Record |volume=76 |issue=7 |date=14 August 1909 |pages=277 }}
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External links
- [https://portal.dnb.de/opac.htm?method=simpleSearch&query=117631191 German National Library.]
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Category:19th-century German scientists
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Category:19th-century German physicians
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