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Otto Edward Henry Wucherer (7 July 1820 – 7 May 1873) was a Brazilian physician, born to a Dutch mother and German father. He was born in Oporto, later moving to Hamburg, where he worked in a pharmacy. He studied medicine at the University of Tübingen. He later practiced in London at St Bartholomew's Hospital and in Lisbon. In 1843 he relocated to Brazil, eventually settling as a doctor in Salvador, Bahia, where he lived until 1871.〔( Historical and Biographical Dictionary of the Health Sciences in Brazil (1832-1930) )〕 He discovered the filaria larvae in Bahia. His name is associated with the roundworm genus ''Wuchereria''. He described the snake species ''Atractus guentheri'' and ''Xenopholis scalaris''.〔(NeglectedScience ) (biographical information)〕 He was co-founder of the journal ''Gazeta Médica da Bahia''.〔 ==References== *B.G. Firkin & J.A.Whitworth (1987). ''Dictionary of Medical Eponyms''. Parthenon Publishing. ISBN 1-85070-333-7 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「O. E. H. Wucherer」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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