Wilhelm Löffler (doctor)
Wilhelm Löffler (28 June 1887 – 25 November 1972) was a Swiss doctor.[1]
Loeffler endocarditis and Löffler's syndrome are named for him.
In 1955, he diagnosed Thomas Mann with thrombophlebitis.[2]
References
- ↑ doctor/626 at Who Named It?
- ↑ Bollinger A (1999). "[The death of Thomas Mann: consequence of erroneous angiologic diagnosis?]". Wien Med Wochenschr (in German) 149 (2-4): 30–2. PMID 10378317.
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