Gaffky's parents were the shipping agent Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Gaffky, and Emma Schumacher. His medical studies at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin were completed in 1873 after an interruption by the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. His dissertation postulated a relationship between lead poisoning and kidney disease. He worked as an assistant at the Berlin Charité hospital and passed the state medical exams in 1875. He then worked as an army surgeon.
Gaffky worked as an assistant to Robert Koch in Berlin. Under Koch's leadership, Gaffky and others developed bacteriological protocols and achieved progress in identifying causes of infectious diseases.
Principal discoveriesedit
Following Karl Joseph Eberth's description of a bacillus suspected as the cause of typhus, and Koch's independent work on the same organism, Gaffky dedicated years to improving culture methods to isolate the bacillus. He was able to produce cultures in gelatin and other hosts.
In 1884, Gaffky published results reporting that he had isolated the eberthella or Gaffky-Eberth bacillus in 26 of 28 cases of typhoid.[1]
Gaffky was later part of an expedition to Egypt in which Koch identified transmission methods of cholera. He became a government advisor during the 1892 cholera outbreak in Hamburg. He led an investigation of the 1897 outbreak of bubonic plague in India.
Gaffky served as director of the Berlin Institute for Infectious Diseases from 1904–1913.
Referencesedit
^Gaffky (1884) "Zur Aetiology des Abdominaltyphus" (On the etiology of abdominal typhus), Mittheilungen aus dem Kaiserlichen Gesundheitsamte, 2 : 372-420.
Gloria Robinson, "Gaffky, Georg Theodor August." Charles Coulston Gillispie, Dictionary of Scientific Biographies. (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1970).
External linksedit
Works by or about Georg Theodor August Gaffky at Internet Archive
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georg, theodor, august, gaffky, february, 1850, september, 1918, hanover, born, bacteriologist, best, known, identifying, bacillus, salmonella, typhi, cause, typhoid, disease, 1884, contents, early, life, career, principal, discoveries, references, external, l. Georg Theodor August Gaffky 17 February 1850 23 September 1918 was a Hanover born bacteriologist best known for identifying bacillus salmonella typhi as the cause of typhoid disease in 1884 Georg Theodor August Gaffky Contents 1 Early life and career 2 Principal discoveries 3 References 4 External linksEarly life and career editGaffky s parents were the shipping agent Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Gaffky and Emma Schumacher His medical studies at the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin were completed in 1873 after an interruption by the Franco Prussian War in 1870 His dissertation postulated a relationship between lead poisoning and kidney disease He worked as an assistant at the Berlin Charite hospital and passed the state medical exams in 1875 He then worked as an army surgeon Gaffky worked as an assistant to Robert Koch in Berlin Under Koch s leadership Gaffky and others developed bacteriological protocols and achieved progress in identifying causes of infectious diseases Principal discoveries editFollowing Karl Joseph Eberth s description of a bacillus suspected as the cause of typhus and Koch s independent work on the same organism Gaffky dedicated years to improving culture methods to isolate the bacillus He was able to produce cultures in gelatin and other hosts In 1884 Gaffky published results reporting that he had isolated the eberthella or Gaffky Eberth bacillus in 26 of 28 cases of typhoid 1 Gaffky was later part of an expedition to Egypt in which Koch identified transmission methods of cholera He became a government advisor during the 1892 cholera outbreak in Hamburg He led an investigation of the 1897 outbreak of bubonic plague in India Gaffky served as director of the Berlin Institute for Infectious Diseases from 1904 1913 References edit Gaffky 1884 Zur Aetiology des Abdominaltyphus On the etiology of abdominal typhus Mittheilungen aus dem Kaiserlichen Gesundheitsamte 2 372 420 Gloria Robinson Gaffky Georg Theodor August Charles Coulston Gillispie Dictionary of Scientific Biographies New York Charles Scribner s Sons 1970 External links editWorks by or about Georg Theodor August Gaffky at Internet Archive nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a German biologist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Georg Theodor August Gaffky amp oldid 1145210046, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
