Friedrich Julius Rosenbach (1842-1923) studied medicine and bacteriology at Heidelberg, Göttingen, Vienna, Paris, and Berlin, earning an MD in 1867. In 1884 he published Mikro-Organismen bei den Wund-infections-krankheiten des Menschens while also isolating and naming Streptococcus pyogenes, the infectious agent in "scarlet throat," and erysipelas. In dermatology he was known for distinguishing Staphylococcus aureus (golden cultures) and Staph. albus (white cultures); he is also known for "Rosenbach's disease" or "Erysipeloid of Rosenbach." (See also Loeffler, who demonstrated that in scarlatina the streps were always present in the patient's throat.)
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