Irgens Lorentz M
Medsinsk fødselsregister Locus for registerepidemiologi Institutt for samfunnsmedisinske fag Universitetet i Bergen 5021 Bergen.
Tidsskr Nor Laegeforen. 2002 Mar 10;122(7):708-9.
Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen (1841-1912) worked on leprosy throughout his career. Following his discovery of the leprosy bacillus in 1873, he proposed legislation that, when enacted in 1877 and 1885, established preventive measures aimed at isolating infectious patients. Around 1920, leprosy was more or less eradicated in Norway after a period of decline starting in 1850. Over this period, more than 8,000 cases were registered. Armauer Hansen's unique research achievement was based on a scientific and medical infrastructure in place long before he started his work. This context had several implications, though the discovery of the leprosy bacillus holds a particular fascination, with bearings on the interaction between medicine and the community even today.
格哈德·亨里克·阿马厄·汉森（1841 - 1912）一生都致力于麻风病研究。1873年他发现麻风杆菌后，提出了相关立法，该立法于1877年和1885年颁布，确立了旨在隔离传染病患者的预防措施。从1850年开始经过一段时间的减少后，到1920年左右，挪威的麻风病几乎被根除。在此期间，登记的病例超过8000例。阿马厄·汉森独特的研究成果是基于早在他开始工作之前就已存在的科学和医学基础设施。这种背景有多种影响，尽管麻风杆菌的发现特别引人入胜，甚至在今天仍对医学与社区之间的相互作用有影响。
