Gartner
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
August Gartner (1848-?) was a prominent hygienist and bacteriologist who worked with Robert Koch in Berlin and discovered the bacillus responsible for meat poisoning. He later became a professor of hygiene at Jena and published significant works on water and soil hygiene during his career.
Encyclopedia article (1928–1936)
GARTNER, August (August Gartner, b. 1848), Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Philosophy honoris causa, prominent hygienist and bacteriologist. From 1886 for a number of years he worked in the Gesundheits-amt in Berlin with R. Koch in the field of bacteriology. In 1888 he discovered the bacillus of meat poisoning (Bac. enteritidis) and the group of paratyphoid bacilli, named after him—Bac. enteritidis Gartner. From 1886 to 1915 he held the chair of hygiene at Jena and worked, mainly, in the field of water and soil hygiene. From the works of this period it is necessary to mention the following: "Über die Beurteilung der hygienischen Beschaffenheit des Trink-und Nutzwassers" (Vienna, 1887); "Hygiene des Trinkwassers" (Berlin, 1897); "Leitfaden der Hygiene" (Berlin, 1892; Russian ed.-St. Petersburg, 1911); "Quellen in ihrem Verhalten zum Grundwasser u. zum Typhus" (Berlin, 1902); "Hygiene des Bodens" (Berlin, 1919). During the imperialist war G. held the post of chief inspector of concentration camps for prisoners of war. As a result of this work in 1922 his major work appeared: "Einrichtung u. Hygiene der Kriegsgefangenenlager" (Handbuch der ärztlichen Erfahrungen im Weltkriege 1914-1918, herausgegeben von O. Schjerning, Vol. VII, Leipzig, 1922).
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“Gartner.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/gartner/