Biography of gerard hansen

Norwegian physician (–)

Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen (Norwegian pronunciation:[ˈɡæ̂rhɑɖɑrˈmæ̀ʉərˈhɑ̂nsn̩]; 29 July – 12 February ) was a Norwegian physician, remembered for his identification of the bacteriumMycobacterium leprae in as the causative agent of leprosy.^[1][2] His distinguished work was recognized at the International Leprosy Congress held at Bergen in ^[3]

Life

Hansen was born in Bergen, Norway, and attended the Bergen Cathedral School. He worked at Rikshospitalet in Christiania (now Oslo) and as a doctor in Lofoten. In Hansen returned to Bergen to study leprosy while working at Lungegård Hospital (Lungegårdshospitalet) with Daniel Cornelius Danielssen, a noted expert.^[4]

Leprosy was regarded as largely hereditary or otherwise miasmic in origin. Hansen concluded on the basis of epidemiological studies that leprosy was a specific disease with a specific cause.^[5] In –71 Hans