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Summer 1892
During the great cholera epidemic almost 9000
citizens die of the disease. Unfiltered drinking water and insanitary
conditions in the city had favoured the spread of the disease. As a consequence,
a reform of the health service is undertaken.
1st of April 1893
The naval physician Bernhard Nocht (1857-1945)
is appointed medical officer of the port of Hamburg.
1st of October 1900
The "Institute for Maritime and Tropical
Diseases" is opened in the former administration building of the
sailors' hospital. Bernhard Nocht, director and superintendent of the
hospital, dedicates it to "Training, Research and Therapy".
1901
The first courses on tropical medicine for ship's
doctors and naval physicians are held at the institute.
1905
Gustav Giemsa, one of the first assistants of
Bernhard Nocht, improves the Romanowsky dye by stabilizing the staining
solutions. This allows a reproducible staining of cells for microscopy
purposes. This method is still used in laboratories all over the world.
1911-1926
Improvement of Malaria therapy is one of the
institute´s major research projects. Experiments concentrate on
identifying effective Quinine derivatives with fewer side effects. Phokoin
Kopanaris shows that anti-malaria drugs can be tested on canaries instead
of humans.
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