User:Ethanfaulkner/Julius Richard Petri

Petri's papers detailed number of steps in understanding microbiology, not limited to the study of microorganisms but also biological pathways and mechanisms. In his paper from 1876 he looked to answer questions about proteins found within the urine such that they be used to identify condition or function.

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Looked to answer questions about proteins found within the urine such as could they be used to identify condition or function.
 * Attempts at the chemistry of proteins. 1876.
 * Methods of modern bacteria research (in: Collection Exoteric Scientific Lectures). 1887.
 * The danger of carbon soda furnaces. 1889.
 * Industrial hygiene. 1890.
 * Experiments on the spread of contagious diseases, especially tuberculosis, by the railway and on measures to be taken. 1893.
 * The microscope. From its beginnings to the present perfection. 1896.
 * A judgment of high – pressure Pasteurising apparatus 1897.
 * Towards quality testing in butter and milk. 1897.
 * Apparatus for determination of water content in milk by distillation in a vacuum.

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Petri first studied medicine at the Kaiser Wilhelm Academy for Military Physicians (1871–1875) and received his medical degree in 1876. He continued his studies at the Charité Hospital in Berlin where his thesis on the chemistry of protein urine tests earned him his doctorate. He was on active duty as a military physician until 1882, continuing then as a reservist. In 1886 he was a curator at the museum of hygiene followed by his studies under Robert Koch in the three years prior. In 1900 he retired, while still remaining a secret government councillor until he passed.