Rabinowitsch-Kempner, Lydia, 1871-1935.

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Rabinowitsch-Kempner, Lydia, 1871-1935.

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University of California, Los Angeles

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Rabinowitsch-Kempner, Lydia 1871-1935

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Lydia Rabinowitsch-Kempner (1871-1935) was a bacteriologist who studied tuberculosis. She was born in Kovno, Lithuania and studied in Zurich and Bern. In 1912, she became the first woman in Berlin and the second woman in Prussia to reach the rank of Professor. Rabinowitsch-Kempner worked with Robert Koch at the Institute for Infectious Diseases ( Institut für Infektionskrankheiten ). In 1895, Rabinowitsch-Kempner went to the United States to teach at the Women's Medical College in P...