Hermann Julius Gustav Wächter
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Hermann Julius Gustav Wächter (born 1878) was a German
physician
remembered for describing Bracht-Wachter bodies
in infective endocarditis
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Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
physician
Physician
A physician is a health care provider who practices the profession of medicine, which is concerned with promoting, maintaining or restoring human health through the study, diagnosis, and treatment of disease, injury and other physical and mental impairments...
remembered for describing Bracht-Wachter bodies
Bracht-Wachter bodies
Bracht-Wachter bodies are a finding in infective endocarditis consisting of yellow-white miliary spots in the myocardium.Histologically, these are collections of chronic inflammatory cells, mainly lymphocytes and histiocytes.-History:...
in infective endocarditis
Infective endocarditis
Infective endocarditis is a form of endocarditis, or inflammation, of the inner tissue of the heart, such as its valves, caused by infectious agents. The agents are usually bacterial, but other organisms can also be responsible....
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