Heinrich Werner (physician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German biologist
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Place of Birth: Mühlhausen, Thuringia, Germany
About Heinrich Werner (physician)
- Heinrich Werner (14 May 1874 – 1946) was a German physician born in Mühlhausen, Saxony.
- He studied medicine at the Kaiser Wilhelm Academy in Berlin, and subsequently served as a military physician in various capacities in the German colonies of German East Africa, German Southwest Africa (1904–1906) and Kamerun (1914).
- Within this time period he also worked as a medical clinician in Hamburg (1906-1913).
- During World War I he was a corps- and army hygienist in Belgium, Russia and Romania.
- After the war, he retired with the title of Generaloberst, practicing medicine in Berlin as a specialist of infectious diseases. Werner is remembered for his description of trench fever during an outbreak of the disease in World War I.
- The disorder is sometimes referred to as "Werner–His disease", named in conjunction with Swiss anatomist Wilhelm His, Jr., who also described the malady.
- The disease is caused by the parasite Rickettsia quintana, and transmitted to humans by the body louse Pediculus humanus corporis.During his career, Werner published a number of articles on tropical and parasitic diseases.
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