Zeitschrift für die gesamte innere Medizin und ihre Grenzgebiete
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Biography Historical Article
[Berolina iubilans: Berlin physicians as Halle doctoral candidates (VI). Curt Schimmelbusch (1860-1895), Halle doctoral candidate of 1886].
The history of asepsis is closely connected with the name of Curt Schimmelbusch. The physician who was awarded the doctor's degree in Halle in 1886 as co-worker of the histologist and pathologist Eberth at first dealt with research in the field of thrombosis. He became famous all over the world by his investigations concerning the development and scientific fundamentation of mechanical sterilisation methods which he performed under Ernst von Bergmann in Berlin. In this field the name of Curt Schimmelbusch is rooted in the special terminology.