Gerhard Armauer Hansen
Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen | |
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Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav | |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Epidemiology |
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Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen (Norwegian pronunciation: [ˈɡæ̂rhɑɖ ɑrˈmæ̀ʉər ˈhɑ̂nsn̩]; 29 July 1841 – 12 February 1912) was a Norwegian physician, remembered for his identification of the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae in 1873 as the causative agent of leprosy.[1][2] His distinguished work was recognized at the International Leprosy Congress held at Bergen in 1909.[3]
Life
Hansen was born in
Leprosy was regarded as largely
In 1879 Hansen gave tissue samples to
Hansen remained medical officer for leprosy in Norway and it was through his efforts that the leprosy acts of 1877 and 1885 were passed, leading to a steady decline of the disease in Norway from 1,800 known cases in 1875 to just 575 cases in 1901.
Hansen had had syphilis since the 1860s but died of heart disease. He was an atheist.[9][10]
Women's rights
He was a co-founder and a board member of the Bergen chapter of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights, led by his sister, prominent women's rights advocate Amalie Hansen.[11][12]
Honors
- Leprosy Museum (Lepramuseet) at St. Jørgen Hospital in Bergen has been dedicated to Hansen.[13]
- Haukeland University Hospital has established Armauer Hansens hus as a research facility operated by the University of Bergen.[14]
- In Jerusalem, a 19th-century leprosarium has borne Hansen's name since 1950. It has been reconstructed into an art center while preserving the physician's surname in its title.[15]
- Armauer Hansen Research Institute (AHRI) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia under the ministry of Health is named after Hansen. AHRI is a Biomedical research Institute in Ethiopia working in tuberculosis, HIV, malaria, leishmaniasis training, and research.https://ahri.gov.et/[16]
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References
- ^ Hansen GHA (1874). "Undersøgelser Angående Spedalskhedens Årsager (Investigations concerning the etiology of leprosy)". Norsk Mag. Laegervidenskaben (in Norwegian). 4: 1–88.
- PMID 11998735.
- ^ Svein Atle Skålevåg. "Gerhard Armauer Hansen". Store norske leksikon. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- PMID 10747301.
- PMID 6388392.
- ^ a b "Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen". whonamedit.com. Retrieved 22 March 2007.
- ^ Bergenseren som løste lepra-gåten Aaftenposten . 16 September 2012
- ^ Ole Didrik Lærum. "Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Lege". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- ^ Biography of Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen whonamedit.com
- ^ Gerhard Armauer Hansen (1814–1912) Archived 23 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine Journal of the Association of Physicians of India, vol 63, March, 2015
- ISBN 978-8284030722.
- ^ Bergen Kvinnesaksforening, Arkivportalen
- ^ "St. Jørgen hospital (Lepramuseet)". Medisinsk historie i Bergen. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- ^ "Armauer Hansens hus". Haukeland universitetssjukehus. 6 May 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
- ^ The Hansen Compound: From Leper Hospital to Multimedia Art Center. israelightly.wordpress.com. 31 May 2013
- ^ "Armauer Hansen Research Institute". ahri.gov.et.