David Bruce
Sir David Bruce Sir David Bruce (May 29, 1855 - November 27, 1931) is a Scottish microbiologist and military physician. From 1883 to 1923 he stayed in British colonies. on Malta. In 1887 he described a bacterium called Maltese bark that caused infectious goat's drowning. In 1889 he announced the results of research on Maltese fever. In 1894, he discovered the Trypanosoma brucellosis carried by a tse-tse fly and caused the disease to be bitten in cattle. In 1930 he confirmed the transfer of African coma by the same insect to humans. Laurent Leeuwenhoeck Medal in 1915. Bibliography Authoritative control (person):
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