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OGSTON, Sir Alexander (1844 – 1929)

OGSTON, Sir Alexander (1844 – 1929)

1844 – 1929

2 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1881

#2494

Report upon micro-organisms in surgical diseases.

Ogston showed that micrococci are constantly present in acute and chronic abscesses. He discovered Staphylococcus aureus. Ogston named staphylococcus in his paper, "Micrococcus poisoning," J. Anat. Physiol., 1882, 16,…

1884

#3293

Trephining the frontal sinuses for catarrhal diseases.