Education
He studied medicine in Munich and Leipzig, earning his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Leipzig in 1874.
immunologist university professor
He studied medicine in Munich and Leipzig, earning his Doctor of Medicine from the University of Leipzig in 1874.
Afterwards he served as a physician in the Bavarian Army. In 1880 be became a lecturer at the University of Munich, where in 1894 he succeeded Max von Pettenkofer (1818–1901) as professor and director of the institute of hygiene. Hans Buchner was a pioneer in the field of immunology.
He was the first to discover a substance in blood serum that was capable of destroying bacteria.
He called the substance "alexin", which was later named "complement" by Paul Ehrlich (1854–1915). In 1888 he introduced the pyrogallic method for cultivation of anaerobic bacteria.
Their findings were published in a 1903 treatise titled "Die Zymasegärung" (Zymase fermentation).
German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.