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Historical Bibliography Updated: February 22, 2020

Das Scheidensekret und seine Bedeutung für das Puerperalfieber.

Publication Details

Leipzig: Eduard Besold, 1892 CE.

Döderlein's study of the vaginal secretion in relation to puerperal fever includes the first description of “Döderlein’s bacillus” (Lactobacillus). Döderlein introduced the concept of normal body bacteria or "normal body flora" --what would much later be named the microbiome. Digital facsimile from the Internet Archive at this link.

Catalog MetadataReference Information
Entry Number#6279
Permanent Linkhttps://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/7999
Author Bio LinkWikipedia ↗
External URLdas-scheidensekret-und-seine-bedeutung-fr-das-puerperalfieber

Geographic Context

Publication place: Leipzig