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  1925
The institute celebrates its 25th anniversary. The "Society of Friends" donates a medal for "special merits in tropical medicine". The viability of the institute is secured.

30th of September 1930
Bernhard Nocht resigns from his post. Appointed as the new director is helminthologist Friedrich Fülleborn (1866-1933).
  Heads of Departments around 1920. last row left to right: Henrique da Rocha-Lima (pathology & anatomy), Peter Mühlens (epidemic tropical infectious diseases), Erich Martini (medical entomology), Eduard Reichenow (protozoology), Martin Mayer (bakteriology). First row from left to right: Friedrich Fülleborn (tropical medicine & tropical hygiene), Bernhard Nocht (Director und chief medical officer), Gustav Giemsa (chemistry)  
Friedrich Fülleborn
Director 1930-1933
   
   

1931
Hans Vogel publishes his works on the life cycle of the liver worm Opisthorchis felineus. His research on the life cycles of parasitic worms are decisive for the understanding of the development and transmission of schistosomiasis, a major health problem in Asia.

 

 
 

 

 



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