Aloys Pollender
German physician
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Franz Anton Aloys Pollender (26 January 1799 – 17 August 1879) was a German physician who is credited with the discovery of the etiology of anthrax.[1] His work was along similar lines to his contemporaries, Pierre François Olive Rayer and Casimir Davaine.[2]


Pollendner was born in Barmen, Germany; he also died there.[3]
He published several science papers and books across five decades.[4][5][6]