Emil Alexander de Schweinitz
Emil Alexander de Schweinitz | |
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| Born | January 18, 1866 Salem, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Died | February 15, 1904 (aged 38) Washington, D.C., U.S.[1] |
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| Fields | Bacteriology |
Emil Alexander de Schweinitz (January 18, 1866 – February 15, 1904)[2][3] was an American bacteriologist.[4]
Early life and education
He was born in
Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and received a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina in 1882 and another from Göttingen in 1886.[3]
Career
After returning to the United States, he taught
He specialized in bacteria and immunity, and studied the bacterial products of tuberculosis, hog cholera and glanders.[3] Among other essays, he published Laboratory Guide (1898).
de Schweinitz was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1912.[5]
Personal life
He lived at 1023 Vermont Avenue, in Washington, D.C., where he was a member of the Chevy, Cosmos, and Metropolitan Clubs.[2]
Death
He died suddenly of uremia in 1904 at age 38.[3]
Works
- A Chemical Study of the Osage Orange as a Substitute for the Mulberry in rearing Silkworms (1889)
- The Poisons produced by the Hog Cholera Germ (1890)
- The Production of Immunity to Swine Plague by Use of the Products of the Germ (1891)
- The Use of Mallein and its Active Principles (1892)
- A Preliminary Study of the Poisons of the Tuberculosis Bacillus and the Practical Value and Use of Tuberculin (1892)
- Artificial Media for Bacterial Cultures (1893)
- The Effect of Tuberculin on the Milk of Cows (1894)
- The Chemical Composition of the Tuberculosis and Glanders Bacilli (1895)
- A Hygienic Study of Oleomargarine (1896)
- The War with the Microbes (1897)
Notes
- ^ "DEATHS OF THE DAY Dr. Schweinitz". Los Angeles Herald. Vol. XXXI, no. 140. February 16, 1904. Page 4, column 3. Retrieved January 12, 2022 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ^ a b "Dr. Emil A. de Schweinitz". New York Times. February 16, 1904. Retrieved November 1, 2009.
- ^ PMID 19601182.
- PMC 2353518.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
References
- Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.)
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