Hermann Dold (born 5 October 1882 in

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, died 31 October 1962 in

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) was a German physician and bacteriologist.

Biography

He studied medicine at the

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and the

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, and earned his doctorate in medicine in 1906. From 1908, he served as demonstrator of bacteriology and comparative pathology at the

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, before he was employed by the Imperial Health Office in Berlin in 1910. He earned his

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at the

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in 1912, and served as an adjunct professor there, before he became professor of medicine at the German Medical College for the Chinese in

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. He undertook several research expeditions in China, Japan and Russia. In 1919, he returned to Germany, and worked for a number of scientific institutions, before he was appointed associate professor at the

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in 1926. He became professor at the

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in 1928, at the

in 1934, and finally served as professor at the

University of Freiburg The University of Freiburg (colloquially ), officially the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg (), is a public university, public research university located in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The university was founded in 1 ...

from 1936 until his retirement in 1952. He also served as dean of the Faculty of Medicine. Dold published works on

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syphilis Syphilis () is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the bacterium ''Treponema pallidum'' subspecies ''pallidum''. The signs and symptoms depend on the stage it presents: primary, secondary, latent syphilis, latent or tertiary. The prim ...

and on antibacterial inhibitory substances and conversion. He was one of the editors of the influential journal '' Medical Microbiology and Immunology''. He was a member of the

Academy of Sciences Leopoldina The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (), in short Leopoldina, is the national academy of Germany, and is located in Halle (Saale). Founded on 1 January 1652, based on academic models in Italy, it was originally named the ''Academi ...

.Member list

Selected publications

* ''Über die Wirkung des Äthylalkohols und verwandter Alkohole auf das isolierte Froschherz'', Tübingen 1906 * ''Bakterienanaphylatoxin und seine Bedeutung für die Infektion'', 1913 * ''Tuberkulose und Alkoholismus'', Neutr. Guttempler-Verl., Heidelberg 1913 * ''Hygienisches Praktikum: Ein Taschenbuch f. Studierende, Arzte u. Kreisarztkandidaten'', Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin/Vienna 1914 (with

Paul Uhlenhuth Paul Theodor Uhlenhuth (7 January 1870 in Hanover – 13 December 1957 in Freiburg im Breisgau) was a German bacteriologist and immunologist, and Professor at the University of Strasbourg (1911–1918), at the University of Marburg (1918–1923) a ...

), Allgäuer Druckerei u. Verl.-Anst., Kempten (Allg.) 1953 * ''Wie steht es um den deutschen Volkskörper?'', Lipsius & Tischer, Kiel 1931 * ''Untersuchungen von Milch und Milchprodukten der Breisgau-Milchzentrale Freiburg auf Tuberkel-Bakterien mit negativem Ergebnis : Ein Beitr. zur Frage d. Zuverlässigkeit e. sorgfältigen Pasteurisierung (Kurzzeit-Verfahren)'', Allgäuer Druckerei u. Verl.-Anst., Kempten (Allg.) 1953 (with Gerhard Jordan)

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dold, Hermann German bacteriologists Academic staff of the University of Freiburg Academic staff of the University of Marburg Academic staff of the University of Kiel Academic staff of the University of Tübingen Academic staff of the University of Strasbourg Physicians from Stuttgart 20th-century German physicians 1882 births 1962 deaths Medical Microbiology and Immunology editors