Boas-Oppler bacillus

Alternative eponyms

Related people

Probably a species of Lactobacillus.

Description

Probably a species of Lactobacillus. Some writers give it as Lactobacillus acidophilus. Large, rod-shaped bacteria found in the stomach in cases of anacidity/achylia. It was first found in the gastric juice of patients with stomach carcinoma and has been seen as a cause of cancer.

Boas-Kaufmann: We do not know which Kaufmann this refers to. Possible candidates are:
Eduard Kaufmann, German pathologist, 1860-1931.
Fritz J. Kauffmann, serologist, 1899-1978.

Bibliography

  • B. Oppler:
    Zur Kenntnis des Mageninhalts beim cercinoma ventriculi.
    Deutsche medizinische Wochenschrift, Berlin, 1895, 21: 73-75.

What is an eponym?

An eponym is a word derived from the name of a person, whether real or fictional. A medical eponym is thus any word related to medicine, whose name is derived from a person.

What is Whonamedit?

Whonamedit.com is a biographical dictionary of medical eponyms. It is our ambition to present a complete survey of all medical phenomena named for a person, with a biography of that person.

Disclaimer:

Whonamedit? does not give medical advice.
This survey of medical eponyms and the persons behind them is meant as a general interest site only. No information found here must under any circumstances be used for medical purposes, diagnostically, therapeutically or otherwise. If you, or anybody close to you, is affected, or believe to be affected, by any condition mentioned here: see a doctor.