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Joseph Igersheimer

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Nationality
  
Germany

Fields
  
Ophthalmology

Died
  
1965


Name
  
Joseph Igersheimer

Institutions
  
Tufts University

Institution
  
Tufts University


Known for
  
arsphenamine for the treatment of syphilis

Joseph Igersheimer(1879–1965) was a German born ophthalmologist known for his work on arsphenamine for the treatment of syphilis. After escaping the Nazis, he joined the faculty of Tufts University School of Medicine in 1939.

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Joseph Igersheimer Wikipedia