Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, M.D.
Affiliations: | Medicine | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, München, Bayern, Germany |
Area:
Hygiene, Public HealthWebsite:
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_von_PettenkoferGoogle:
"Max Joseph von Pettenkofer"Bio:
(1818 - 1901)
Wormer, Eberhard J., „Pettenkofer, Max Josef von“, in: Neue Deutsche Biographie 20 (2001), S. 271-273 [Onlinefassung]
Pettenkofer @ https://collections.nlm.nih.gov/
Pettenkofer, Max von, Ueber Mikania Guaco, Munich (1844) is available online at the Bayerische Staatsbibliothek. On page 11 Petttenkofer specifically acknowledges Prof. Buchner
German hygienist known for disbelief in bacterial causation of cholera. Famously, in support of his theories, in 1892 he drank a bottle of culture medium heavily growing the cholera bacillus (discovered by Robert Koch). He did not fall ill.
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Parents
Sign in to add mentor| Johann Andreas Buchner | grad student | 1844 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Chemistry Tree) | |
| (Ueber Mikania Guaco) | ||||
| Johann Joseph von Scherer | post-doc | 1843-1844 | Universität Würzburg (Chemistry Tree) | |
| Justus Von Liebig | research scientist | 1843-1844 | Ludwigs-Universität Giessen (Chemistry Tree) | |
Children
Sign in to add trainee| Franz Adolf Hofmann | grad student | 1867 | Universität München (ID Tree) |
| George Jarvis Brush | post-doc | 1853 | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Geotree) |
| Josef Förster | post-doc | 1873 | Universität München (ID Tree) |
| Max von Gruber | post-doc | 1876-1882 | Institute for Hygiene, Munich (ID Tree) |