Max von Gruber

Max von Gruber (6 July 1853, in Vienna – 16 September 1927, in Berchtesgaden) was an Austrian scientist. As a bacteriologist he discovered specific agglutination in 1896 with his English colleague Herbert Durham (Gruber-Widal-reaction). But his main interests were studying hygiene and sexual life. During his last years, Gruber concentrated completely on his duties as president of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. With Max Rubner and P. Martin Ficker (1868–) he published the Handbuch der Hygiene. 6 volumes; Leipzig, S. Hirtzel, 1911–1913. — Description as a witness at court in 1923

Max von Gruber

Max von Gruber (6 July 1853, in Vienna – 16 September 1927, in Berchtesgaden) was an Austrian scientist. As a bacteriologist he discovered specific agglutination in 1896 with his English colleague Herbert Durham (Gruber-Widal-reaction). But his main interests were studying hygiene and sexual life. During his last years, Gruber concentrated completely on his duties as president of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences. With Max Rubner and P. Martin Ficker (1868–) he published the Handbuch der Hygiene. 6 volumes; Leipzig, S. Hirtzel, 1911–1913. — Description as a witness at court in 1923