German pathologist and bacteriologist
Gustav Hauser (13 July 1856 in Nördlingen – 30 June 1935 in Erlangen) was a German pathologist and bacteriologist.
He studied medicine at the Universities of Munich and Erlangen, where he worked as an assistant in the gynecological clinic under Paul Zweifel and at the pathological institute of Friedrich Albert von Zenker. In 1883 he obtained his habilitation for pathological anatomy and bacteriology, and in 1895 became a full professor and director of the institute of pathology in Erlangen.
In 1885, Hauser was the first to isolate the bacillus "Proteus vulgaris". He is also credited with developing a formalin for the preservation of bacterial cultures.
In Erlangen, the thoroughfare "Gustav-Hauser-Straße" is named in his honor.
Published works.
He was the author of works on numerous subjects in medicine. In the field of entomology, he was the author of "Die Damaster-Coptolabrus-Gruppe der Gattung Carabus" (The Damaster-Coptolabrus group and the genus "Carabus"). The following are a few of his publications in the field of medicine:
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