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Justinus Kerner
1786Sep, 18

Justinus Kerner

Justinus Kerner, German poet and author (d. 1862)
Justinus Andreas Christian Kerner (18 September 1786, in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany – 21 February 1862, in Weinsberg, Baden-Württemberg) was a German poet, practicing physician, and medical writer. He gave the first detailed description of botulism.

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