Armauer Hansen (1841-1912): discoverer of the cause of leprosy.

Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen (1841-1912)--the 100th anniversary of the death of the discoverer of Mycobacterium leprae.

The year 2012 marked the 100th anniversary of the death of Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen (1841-1912), a Norwegian physician known for his identification of Mycobacterium leprae as the causative agent of leprosy. In the second half of the 19th century, the medical community believed leprosy had a noninfectious etiology, and it was not until Hansen uncovered the relationship between M leprae and ...

The 100th anniversary of Armauer Hansen's (1841-1912) death.

Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen seen through his own eyes. A review of his memoirs.

In the course of the century which has elapsed since the discovery of the leprosy bacillus in 1873 by C. H. Armauer Hansen (1841-1912 ), several biographers and medical historians have stressed the importance of this event. 2 The life span of C. H . Armauer Hansen covers a period when bacteriology was a growing specialty in medical science. Earlier suggestions that certain diseases might be ass...

A history of leprosy in Iran during the 19th and 20th centuries.

From ancient time leprosy has been regarded as a terrifying, stigmatized disease; nevertheless, its cause remained unidentified up to the late 19th century. For centuries numerous leprosy victims worldwide suffered from its morbidity and were socially isolated. The afflicted individuals were segregated because they were considered 'unclean' and had to live in leper colonies, generally under ver...

Leprosy in Norway: an interplay of research and public health work.

The history of leprosy in Norway is characterized by achievements reached through mutual fertilization and cooperation between research and public health work. Of the milestones that mark the paths of the story, one dates back to 1849, when a clinical research center for leprosy was established with the opening of a special leprosy hospital, Lungegaard Hospital, in Bergen. This hospital gave th...