[The Austrian Plague Commission in Bombay 1897 and the last fatal Plague Cases in Vienna 1898].

Abstract

During the plague epidemic 1897 in Bombay a medical commission of the Austrian Academy of Sciences carried out clinical, pathologic-anatomical, -histological and bacteriological investigations. With the plague bacteria strains brought to Vienna bacteriological investigations and infection experiments with various species of animals were done. Finishing the animal investigations, the laboratory helper Franz Barisch caught a plague infection unnoticedly and four days later, on October 18th, 1898, he died with a heavy pulmonary affection. His treatment has been carried out by a delegate of the commission, Dozent Dr. Hermann Franz Müller, and two nurses. On October 20th one of them, Albine Pecha, fell ill. She and Dr. Müller immediately were isolated. On the same day, Dr. Müller showed symptoms of plague pneumonia. He died three days later, on October 23rd. Pecha's pulmonic plague went varying heavy and was prolonged probably by injections of plague serum. She died on October 30th, 1898.

• Authors: Heinz Flamm
• Journal: Wiener medizinische Wochenschrift (1946) (Wien Med Wochenschr) Vol. 168 Issue 15-16 Pg. 375-383 (Nov 2018) ISSN: 1563-258X [Electronic] Austria
• Vernacular Title: Die österreichische Pestkommission in Bombay 1897 und die letzten Pest-Todesfälle in Wien 1898.
• PMID: 30159652 (Publication Type: Historical Article, Journal Article)

Topics

• Animals
• Female
• History, 19th Century
• Humans
• India (epidemiology)
• Male
• Plague (history)