Fuhrmann
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Otto Fuhrmann (1873-?) was a prominent helminthologist and professor at Neuchâtel University known for his work on cestode systematics. He formulated 'Fuhrmann's Law' which established the specificity of helminths to certain hosts and demonstrated the phylogenetic relationship between hosts based on their parasitic worms.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
Fuhrmann Otto (Otto Fuhrmann; born in 1873), professor at Neuchâtel University (Switzerland), the leading helminthologist, known for his works on the systematics of cestodes. In 1908 he published a work in which he pointed to the specificity of helminths to parasitizing in the bodies of certain hosts. According to this 'law of Fuhrmann', the fauna of parasitic worms can be used to judge the phylogenetic relationship of hosts. This principle of F. brought clarity to the systematics of certain groups of birds and fish, forcing the regrouping of certain orders based on the helminthofaunistic criterion. Likewise, the principle of F. provides brilliant evidence of the relationship of man to anthropoid apes.
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“Fuhrmann.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/fuhrmann/