Rudolph Emmerich

Deceased Person

1852 – 1914

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Who was Rudolph Emmerich?

Dr. Rudolph Emmerich was a German bacteriologist noted for his advances against cholera and his co-invention of the first antibiotic drug Pyocyanase with Oscar Löw in 1890s. Emmerich made experiments on himself by injections of cholera strains and proved that cholera is less virulent when contracted from human to human as opposed to from the ground. Emmerich was professor Hygiene and Bacteriology at the University of Munich.

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Born
Sep 29, 1852
Died
1914

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on July 23, 2013

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