Ludwig von Buhl

Ludwig von Buhl (1816-1880) was a German pathologist. He studied medicine in Munich and Vienna, and in 1847 was habilitated as a lecturer of pathological anatomy and microscopy at the University of Munich. In 1859 he became a professor of general pathology and pathological anatomy in Munich. Two of his better known assistants at Munich were Ernst Schweninger (1850-1924) and Wilhelm Heinrich Erb (1840-1921)

Buhl is remembered for his work with infectious diseases, particularly pioneer research of miliary tuberculosis. His best known written work is the 1872 Lungenentzündung, Tuberkulose und Schwindsucht (Inflammation of the Lungs; Tuberculosis and Consumption), which was later translated into English and Russian. In 1861 he described a hemorrhagic disease of newborn infants that was caused by an acute sepsis. This condition was later named Buhl's disease in honor of his discovery.