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Ludwig Traube

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Ludwig Traube · Science & Medicine

What

Physician regarded as a founder of experimental pathology in Germany.

When

1818, Ratibor, Silesia, Prussia (now Racibórz, Poland) — 1876, Berlin, Germany

Where

Germany · Poland

Biography

Ludwig Traube is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Physician regarded as a founder of experimental pathology in Germany.

How & why

Ludwig Traube was a German physician regarded as a founder of experimental pathology and of the physiological approach to medicine in Germany, applying laboratory experiment to clinical questions. Several medical eponyms, such as Traube's space, bear his name. Born into a Jewish family in Ratibor, he faced barriers as a Jew in the German academic system before gaining recognition.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology

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Physician regarded as a founder of experimental pathology in Germany.

1818

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology