About Alfred Whitmore
Lived 1876 – 1946 (aged 69–70). Alfred Whitmore was an Indian military physician and pathologist.
Major Alfred Whitmore (16 May 1876–1946) was an English pathologist who, together with C.S. Krishnaswami, identified Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis (also known as "Whitmore's disease"), in opium addicts in Rangoon in 1911. He differentiated it from Burkholderia mallei, the causative agent of glanders, by clinical and microbiological features.
He was initially a Captain, and later a Major, in the Indian Medical Service. Later, he also became director of the Rangoon Medical School.
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Who was Alfred Whitmore?
English pathologist
When was Alfred Whitmore born?
Alfred Whitmore was born in 1876.
When did Alfred Whitmore die?
Alfred Whitmore died in 1946.
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Alfred Whitmore was a military physician and pathologist.
What nationality was Alfred Whitmore?
Alfred Whitmore was Indian.
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