Gustav Hauser (13 July 1856 in

Nördlingen Nördlingen (; Swabian: ''Nearle'' or ''Nearleng'') is a town in the Donau-Ries district, in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, with a population of approximately 20,674. It is located approximately east of Stuttgart, and northwest of Munich. It was bui ...

– 30 June 1935 in

Erlangen Erlangen (; East Franconian German, East Franconian: ''Erlang'', Bavarian language, Bavarian: ''Erlanga'') is a Middle Franconian city in Bavaria, Germany. It is the seat of the administrative district Erlangen-Höchstadt (former administrative d ...

) was a German

pathologist Pathology is the study of the causal, causes and effects of disease or injury. The word ''pathology'' also refers to the study of disease in general, incorporating a wide range of biology research fields and medical practices. However, when us ...

and

bacteriologist A bacteriologist is a microbiologist, or similarly trained professional, in bacteriology -- a subdivision of microbiology that studies bacteria, typically Pathogenic bacteria, pathogenic ones. Bacteriologists are interested in studying and learnin ...

. He studied medicine at the Universities of

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and

, where he worked as an assistant in the

gynecological Gynaecology or gynecology (see spelling differences) is the area of medicine that involves the treatment of women's diseases, especially those of the reproductive organs. It is often paired with the field of obstetrics, forming the combined area ...

clinic under Paul Zweifel and at the pathological institute of

Friedrich Albert von Zenker Friedrich Albert von Zenker (13 March 1825 – 13 June 1898) was a German pathologist and physician, celebrated for his discovery of trichinosis. He was born in Dresden, and was educated in Leipzig and Heidelberg. While in Leipzig, he worked for ...

. In 1883 he obtained his habilitation for

pathological anatomy Anatomical pathology (''Commonwealth'') or Anatomic pathology (''U.S.'') is a medical specialty that is concerned with the diagnosis of disease based on the macroscopic, microscopic, biochemical, immunologic and molecular examination ...

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 ''Proteus vulgaris'' is a rod-shaped, nitrate-reducing, indole-positive and catalase-positive, hydrogen sulfide-producing, Gram-negative bacterium that inhabits the intestinal tracts of humans and animals. It can be found in soil, water, and feca ...

''. He is also credited with developing a formalin for the preservation of

bacterial culture A microbiological culture, or microbial culture, is a method of multiplying microbial organisms by letting them reproduce in predetermined culture medium under controlled laboratory conditions. Microbial cultures are foundational and basic diagn ...

s. 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 Entomology () is the science, scientific study of insects, a branch of zoology. In the past the term "insect" was less specific, and historically the definition of entomology would also include the study of animals in other arthropod groups, such ...

, he was the author of ''Die Damaster-Coptolabrus-Gruppe der Gattung Carabus'' (The Damaster-Coptolabrus group and the genus ''

Carabus ''Carabus'' is a genus of beetles in family Carabidae. The genus is highly diverse with 94 subgenera, 897 species and 2300 subspecies, thus is the largest genus in the subfamily Carabinae.Deuve T.; Cruaud, A.; Genson, G.; and Rasplus, J.Y. (201 ...

''). The following are a few of his publications in the field of medicine: * ''Zur Histogenese des Cylinderepithelcarcinoms'', 1883 - On histogenesis of cylindrical epithelial carcinoma. * ''Das chronische Magengeschwür; sein Vernarbungsprocess und dessen Beziehungen zur Entwicklung des Magencarcinoms'', 1883 - Chronic

stomach ulcer The stomach is a muscular, hollow organ in the gastrointestinal tract of humans and many other animals, including several invertebrates. The stomach has a dilated structure and functions as a vital organ in the digestive system. The stomach is ...

s, etc. * ''Über Faulnissbacterien und deren Beziehungen zur Septicamie; ein Beitrag zur Morphologie der Spaltpilze'', 1885 - Putrefication bacteria and their relationship to

septicemia Sepsis, formerly known as septicemia (septicaemia in British English) or blood poisoning, is a life-threatening condition that arises when the body's response to infection causes injury to its own tissues and organs. This initial stage is follo ...

, * ''Das Cylinderepithel-Carcinom des Magens und des Dickdarms'', 1890 - Cylindrical carcinoma of the

stomach The stomach is a muscular, hollow organ in the gastrointestinal tract of humans and many other animals, including several invertebrates. The stomach has a dilated structure and functions as a vital organ in the digestive system. The stomach i ...

and

large intestine The large intestine, also known as the large bowel, is the last part of the gastrointestinal tract and of the digestive system in tetrapods. Water is absorbed here and the remaining waste material is stored in the rectum as feces before being r ...

. * ''Ueber die Protozoen als Krankheitserreger und ihre Bedeutung für die Entstehung der Geschwülste'', 1895 - On protozoan pathogens and their connection to the formation of tumors.WorldCat Search
(publications).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hauser, Gustav 1856 births 1935 deaths People from Nördlingen Academic staff of the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg University of Erlangen-Nuremberg alumni German bacteriologists German pathologists