Abstract

UZCANGA LACABE, Clara. A late fight to defend the localist theory: two letters from Hauser to Pettenkofer. Dynamis [online]. 2013, vol.33, n.2, pp.485-503. ISSN 2340-7948.  https://dx.doi.org/10.4321/S0211-95362013000200010.

In this paper, I present two new letters between the German epidemiologist and hygienist Max von Pettenkofer (1818-1901) and his former disciple Philipp Hauser (1832-1925) on the occasion of the latter's award of the 1888 Prix Bréant for his research on the Spanish cholera epidemic. In the first letter, dated 26 December 1888, Hauser expounds his views on the localist theory. In the second, on 27 November 1892, he describes his objections to Koch and the bacteriological approach, based on its ineffectiveness for fighting infectious diseases.

Keywords : Hauser; Pettenkofer; Localist theory; epidemiology; bacteriology; cholera.

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