David Bruce
Australian-British physician, pathologist and microbiologist (1855-1931) · United Kingdom · Doctors · Died at 76
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Something wrong?Major-General Sir David Bruce, was a Scottish pathologist and microbiologist who made some of the key contributions in tropical medicine. In 1887, he discovered a bacterium, now called Brucella, that caused what was known as Malta fever.
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David Bruce (centre), with members of the Mediterranean Fever Commission (for brucellosis). Themistocles Zammit is on the left, standing.
Members of the third Commission (L-R): Percival Mackie, Lady Bruce, Sir David Bruce, H.R. Bateman, A.E. Hamerton
David Bruce's name as it features on the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
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Major-General Sir David Bruce, was a Scottish pathologist and microbiologist who made some of the key contributions in tropical medicine. In 1887, he discovered a bacterium, now called Brucella, that caused what was known as Malta fever. In 1894, he discovered a protozoan parasite, named Trypanosoma brucei, as the causative pathogen of nagana.
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