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  Stefan Krynski - Rudolf Weigl (1883-1957)
The year 1967 is the 50th anniversary of the discovery by Weigl of the method of artificial infection of lice with the microbe of typhus fever, which led to the development of the first effective and practical vaccine against typhus fever.
Rudolf Stefan Weigl was born on September 2, 1883, in Prerov in Moravia.
Weigl's invention of the method of intrarectal inoculation of lice with R. prowazeki made possible the final proof that R. prowazeki is the etiology agent of typhus fever and allowed differentiation between R. pediculi and R. rocha-limae.
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 Rudolf Weigl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Professor Rudolf Stefan Weigl (1883 - 1957) was a famous Polish biologist and inventor of the first effective vaccine for epidemic typhus.
Born in Přerov, Moravia, Weigl graduated in 1907 from the University of Lwów with a degree in Natural Sciences.
At the same time, he employed and protected Polish intellectuals, Jews and members of the Polish underground during the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany occupations in World War II, until the Institute was shut down when the Soviet Union returned in 1944 [1].
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 MAINTENANCE OF HUMAN-FED LIVE LICE IN THE LABORATORY AND PRODUCTION OF WEIGL'S EXANTHEMATOUS TYPHUS VACCINE
Rudolf Stefan Weigl(1883-1957) at the University of Jan Kazimierz (UJK) in Lwów, Poland (Weigl, 1920, 1930a,b, 1947).
R. Weigl was the introduction of an insect, louse, as the experimental animal, for the purpose of propagation of R. prowazekii.
Weigl had a permission to have a radio, and allowed my father to listen to it and spread the political news among his trusted friends during this very bleak and sad time of the Lwowian history; this access to the radio was a blessing, since otherwise there was a death penalty for having a radio.
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 Waclaw Szybalski: The genius of Rudolf Stefan Weigl (1883-1957), a Lvovian microbe hunter and and breeder - In Memoriam
Weigl was the introduction of an insect, louse, as the experimental animal, for the purpose of propagation of R.
Weigl was destined to make next critical contribution to the field; being a zoologist, parasitologist, comparative anatomist, histologist, and entomologist, and also a professor of biology at the University of Lwów, Poland, he became an expert in the biology and pathology of lice.
Weigl (who was unfamiliar with Russian language, similarly as nearly the entire population of Lwów, including myself) to help him in dealings with Russian visitors and the Soviet Russian administration, including Khrushchev and the NKVD (who supervised arrests and deportations, during the 1939-41 period of the Soviet occupation of Lwów).
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 Rudolf Weigl - Wikipedia, wolna encyklopedia
W 1939 roku profesor Weigl wyjechał do Abisynii, gdzie pomagał w opanowaniu epidemii duru plamistego.
Profesor Weigl nigdy nie zaparł się swojej przybranej ojczyzny.
Po zakończeniu wojny Weigl zamieszkał w Krakowie i kontynuował swe badania i wytwarzanie szczepionki najpierw na Uniwersytecie Jagiellońskim, później – aż do emerytury w 1951 roku na Uniwersytecie w Poznaniu.
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 stefan banach   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Banach survived, but the only way he could work for a living was by feeding lice with his blood in prof.
Rudolf Weigl Institute where typhoid fever research was conducted.
His health undercut during the occupation (lung cancer), Banach died before he could be repatriated from Lvov, which was incorporated into the Soviet Union, to Poland after the war.
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 RUDOLF WEIGL FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Professor Rudolf Stefan Weigl (1883 - 1957) was a famous Polish biologist and inventor of the first effective vaccine for epidemic_typhus.
At the same time, he employed and protected Polish intellectuals, Jews and members of the Polish_underground during the Soviet_Union and Nazi_Germany occupations in World_War_II, until the Institute was shut down when the Soviet_Union returned in 1944 http://www.humboldt.edu/~rescuers/book/Makuch/halina/HStory1.html.
In 1930, following on the 1909 discovery of Charles_Nicolle that lice were the vector of epidemic_typhus and on the work for the vaccine for the closely related Rocky_Mountain_Spotted_Fever, Weigl took the next step and developed a technique to produce the vaccine by growing infected lice and crushing them into a vaccine paste.
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 Rudolf Weigl -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Born in Prerov, (A region in the central and eastern part of the Czech Republic; it lies east of Bohemia and west of the Carpathians) Moravia, Weigl graduated in 1907 from the University of Lwów with a degree in Natural Sciences.
He founded the Weigl Institute in Lwów (now (Click link for more info and facts about L'viv) L'viv, (A republic in southeastern Europe; formerly a European soviet; the center of the original Russian state which came into existence in the ninth century) Ukraine), where he did his vaccine-producing research.
Dr. Weigl himself developed the disease, but recovered.
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At the same time, heemployed and protected Polish intellectuals, Jews and members of the Polish underground during the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany occupations in World War II, until the Institute was shut down when the Soviet Union returned in 1944 [1].
In 1930, following on the 1909 discovery of Charles Nicolle that lice werethe vector of epidemic typhus and on the work for the vaccine for the closely related Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Weigl took the nextstep and developed a technique to produce the vaccine by growing infected lice and crushing them into a vaccine paste.
Other vaccines were developed over time that wereless dangerous and more economical to produce, including the Cox vaccine developed from egg yolk.
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 Botanik, który był humanistą
Weigl nie ustawał również w propagowaniu wiedzy na temat tyfusu.
Weigl nie skorzystał więc z niemieckiej protekcji, a gdy instytut, którym kierował, został w 1944 r.
Weigl był profesorem zwyczajnym bakteriologii ogólnej uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, w Krakowie organizował też własny instytut przeciwtyfusowy.
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 Rudolf Weigl - InformationBlast   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Professor Rudolf Stefan Weigl (1883-1957) was a famous Polish biologist and inventor of the first effective vaccine for epidemic typhus.
Born in Presov, Moravia, Weigl graduated in 1907 from the University of Lwów with a degree in Natural Sciences.
At the same time, he employed and protected Polish intellectuals, Jews and members of the Polish underground during the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany occupations in World War II, until the Institute was shut down when the Soviet Union returned in 1944
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 Encyclopedia: Epidemic Typhus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Once these crucial facts were recognized, Rudolf Weigl in 1930 was able to fashion a practical and effective vaccine production method by grinding up the guts of infected lice that had been drinking blood.
It was, however, very dangerous to produce, and carried a high likelihood of infection to those who were working on it.
Rudolf Weigl Professor Rudolf Stefan Weigl (1883 - 1957) was a famous Polish biologist and inventor of the first effective vaccine for epidemic typhus.
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 Chain of command bei eLexi - das Onlinelexikon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Rudolf Brandt was the personal assistant to Heinrich Himmler.
Rudolf Stefan Weigl was born on September 2, 1883, in Prerov (Prerau) in Moravia.
Professor Rudolf Stefan Weigl (1883-1957), a famous polish biologist and the inventor of the formula for the typhus vaccine">Professor Rudolf Stefan Weigl (1883-1957), a famous polish biologist and
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 Rudolf Weigl
Nusbaum-Hilarowicz, Rudolf Weigl, nn, nn, Zofia Kulikowska, nn.
Na polecenie austriackiego Ministerstwa Wojny Rudolf Weigl podjął studia nas tyfusem plamistym w obozach uchodźców i jeńców w Czechach i na Morawach.
Na zdjęciu z lewej, Rudolf Weigl stoi czwarty od lewej strony, na zdjęciu z prawej, Rudolf Weigl siedzi z lewej strony.
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 Polish Gallery: wartime Lwow, SE Poland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The photographs were taken at Weigl's Institute, at Lwów (then a famous university town in occupied Poland, now Lviv in Ukraine).
In the early 1920s the outstanding Polish biologist Professor Rudolf Stefan Weigl (1883-1957) of the University of King Jan Kazimierz (Casimir) in Lwów, Poland developed an anti-typhus vaccine.
RS Weigl was a great patriot who during the occupation used the Institute to protect intellectuals, minorities or just people in need, by taking them on as workers or lice-feeders.
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 Read about Rudolf Weigl at WorldVillage Encyclopedia. Research Rudolf Weigl and learn about Rudolf Weigl here!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Professor Rudolf Stefan Weigl (1883 - 1957) was a famous Polish biologist and inventor of the first effective vaccine for
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Weigl took the next step and developed a technique to produce the vaccine by growing infected lice and crushing them into a vaccine paste.
Recollections of Halina Szymanska Ogrodzinska, reporting the underground activities of the Weigl Institute (http://www.humboldt.edu/~rescuers/book/Makuch/halina/HStory1.html)
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 The Color of the Market
Rudolf Weigl, a world-renowned expert in typhus, which killed millions of people in Eastern Europe by the middle of the 20th century.
Weigl (a Pole of German origin who years later would be named a "Righteous Gentile" by Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial authority in Jerusalem) was given a position at the University of Lvov and Fleck followed in his footsteps, but three years later it became clear that he would not get tenure.
Fleck used comments by his teacher and mentor Weigl, who said that bacteria change in accordance with circumstances, to declare that the very classification of bacteria by type is a laboratory exercise that has no necessary connection to the external world.
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 Rudolf, Max - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Rudolf, Max
After an active German career, Rudolf travelled to the USA in 1940.
He conducted much at the Metropolitan Opera in New York and led the Cincinnati Symphony 1958–70.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
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 Gazeta AMG 9/97
Weigl by³ osobowo¶ci± nader skomplikowan±, cz³owiekiem niezale¿nym, dla niektórych kontrowersyjnym.
Weigl, z urodzenia Austriak, z w³asnego wyboru sta³ siê Polakiem, co wiêcej, polskim patriot±, czemu da³ wyraz w czasie wojny.
Weigl by³ zdania, ¿e cz³owiek jest tej narodowo¶ci, któr± sobie wybra³ i do której czuje siê przynale¿ny, a nie tej, w której siê urodzi³.
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 Rudolf Weigl - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Rudolf Weigl - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Bibliography of typhus and Weigl history articles from PubMed (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=PubMedandcmd=Displayanddopt=pubmed_pubmedandfrom_uid=9608839)
Rudolf Weigl, Method of Vaccine Production and External links.
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The recipients included Maria Packowska, Jan and Emilia Paliniewicz and professor Rudolf Weigl.
Professor Rudolf Wiegl, a famous biologist and the inventor of the formula for the typhus vaccine spent the war in Lvov, where the Germans forced him to manufacture the vaccine for their soldiers.
In his apartment Wiegl managed to conceal a scientist of Jewish decent; the vaccines from his institution, smuggled into ghettos in Lvov and Warsaw, saved the lives of many Jews.
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 Encyclopedia: Rudolf Weigl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Professor Rudolf Stefan Weigl (1883 - 1957) was a famous Czech-Polish biologist and inventor of the first effective vaccine for epidemic typhus.
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