Arthur Albert St. Mouritz
British physician
About Arthur Albert St. Mouritz
Lived 1861 – 1943 (aged 81–82).
Arthur Albert St. Maur Mouritz, He travelled from England to Hawaii in 1883, He found evidence that there were cases of leprosy in Hawaii before 1830. To justify his experiments, Mouritz stated that Hawaiians were the only race not disgusted by leprosy symptoms. He posed that the bacteria summoned a fermentogen that was only available in susceptible humans, which fed the leprosy. and later wrote a book about the history of leprosy. He practised medicine for at least 40 years.
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Who was Arthur Albert St. Mouritz?
British physician (1861–1943)
When was Arthur Albert St. Mouritz born?
Arthur Albert St. Mouritz was born in 1861.
When did Arthur Albert St. Mouritz die?
Arthur Albert St. Mouritz died in 1943.
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