Gustav Giemsa

Berthold Carl Gustav Giemsa was a German chemist and bacteriologist who was a native of Medar-Blechhammer. He is best known for creating a dye solution commonly known as "Giemsa stain" which is used in staining for use in the histopathological diagnosis of malaria and parasites such as Plasmodium, Trypanosoma, and Chlamydia.

20 November 1867

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