The Encyclopedia Americana (1920)/Flügge, Karl

FLÜGGE,, Karl, German sanitation expert: b. Hanover, 1847. He studied at the universities of Göttingen, Bonn, Leipzig and Munich. In 1878-83 he was lecturer at the University of Berlin and in 1883 became professor of hygiene at the Göttingen Hygienic Institute. He removed to Breslau in a similar capacity in 1887 and in 1909 was appointed professor of hygiene at the University of Berlin. He has made important investigations in experimental hygiene and bacteriology. His works include &lsquo;Beiträge zur Hygiene&rsquo; (1872); &lsquo;Die Mikroorganismen&rsquo; (3d ed., 1896); &lsquo;Grundriss der Hygiene&rsquo; (new ed., 1902); &lsquo;Ueber das Absolute in den ästhetischen urteilen Langensalza&rsquo; (1901). With Koch, he was joint editor of Zeitschrift für Hygiene after 1886.