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(German Zoologist Known for Co-Discovering the Cause of Syphilis) Fritz Richard Schaudinn, a pioneering German zoologist, made groundbreaking discoveries in medicine. He co-discovered the causative agent of syphilis, Spirochaeta pallida, and contributed significantly to the study of amoebic dysentery, sleeping sickness, malaria, and hookworm infection. Schaudinn played a crucial role in developing protozoology as an experimental science and was a respected graduate of the Friedrich Wilhelm University in Berlin. His work is honored through the annual medical prize established in his name in 2002.
